Kōō
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Template:Nihongo, also romanized as Kō-ō, was a Japanese era name (年号, nengō, lit. year name) of the Northern Court during the Era of Northern and Southern Courts after Kakei and before Meitoku. This period spanned the years from February 1389 to March 1390.<ref>Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Kō-ō" in Japan encyclopedia, p. 560; n.b., Louis-Frédéric is pseudonym of Louis-Frédéric Nussbaum, see Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Authority File Template:Webarchive.</ref> The emperor in Kyoto was Template:Nihongo<ref>Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du japon, pp. 317-318.</ref> The Southern Court rival in Yoshino during this time-frame was Template:Nihongo.
Nanboku-chō overview
This illegitimate Template:Nihongo was established in Kyoto by Ashikaga Takauji in 1336.<ref name="concise"/> Until the end of the Edo period, the militarily superior pretender-Emperors supported by the Ashikaga shogunate were incorporated in Imperial chronologies, even though the Imperial Regalia were never in their possession.<ref name="concise"/>
During the Meiji period, an Imperial decree dated March 3, 1911 established that the legitimate reigning monarchs of this period were the direct descendants of Emperor Go-Daigo through Emperor Go-Murakami, whose Template:Nihongo had been established in exile in Yoshino, near Nara.<ref name="concise">Thomas, Julia Adeney. (2001). Reconfiguring modernity: concepts of nature in Japanese political ideology, p. 199 n57, citing Mehl, Margaret. (1997). History and the State in Nineteenth-Century Japan. p. 140-147.</ref>
Change of era
- 1389, also called Template:Nihongo: The new era name was created to mark an event or series of events. The previous era ended and the new one commenced in Kakei 3.
In this time frame, Genchū (1384–1393) was the Southern Court equivalent nengō.<ref name="titsingh317">Titsingh, p. 317.</ref>
Events of the Kōō era
- 1389 (Kōō 1): Dissension continues in Toki family in Mino.<ref name="a329">Ackroyd, Joyce. 1982) Lessons from History: The "Tokushi Yoron", p. 329.</ref>
- 1389 (Kōō 1): Yoshimitsu pacifies Kyūshū and distributes lands; Yoshimitsu opposed by Kamakura kanrei Ashikaga Ujimitsu.<ref name="a329"/>
- 1389 (Kōō 1, 7th month): The udaijin Saioinji Sanetoshi died at the age of 56.<ref>Titsingh, p. 318; Mass, Jeffrey P. (2002). The Origins of Japan's Medieval World: Courtiers, Clerics, Warriors, and Peasants in the Fourteenth Century, p. 410.</ref>
- 1390 (Kōō 2): Kusunoki defeated; Yamana Ujikiyo chastises Tokinaga.<ref name="a329"/>
Notes
References
- Ackroyd, Joyce. (1982) Lessons from History: The Tokushi Yoron. Brisbane: University of Queensland Press. Template:ISBN
- Mehl, Margaret. (1997). History and the State in Nineteenth-Century Japan. New York: St Martin's Press. Template:ISBN; OCLC 419870136
- Nussbaum, Louis Frédéric and Käthe Roth. (2005). Japan Encyclopedia. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. Template:ISBN; OCLC 48943301
- Thomas, Julia Adeney. (2001). Reconfiguring Modernity: Concepts of Nature in Japanese Political Ideology. Berkeley: University of California Press. Template:ISBN; Template:OCLC
- Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Nihon Odai Ichiran; ou, Annales des empereurs du Japon. Paris: Royal Asiatic Society, Oriental Translation Fund of Great Britain and Ireland. OCLC 5850691
External links
- National Diet Library, "The Japanese Calendar" -- historical overview plus illustrative images from library's collection