Kōchō

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Template:Nihongo was a Template:Nihongo after Bun'ō and before Bun'ei. This period spanned the years from February 1261 to February 1264.<ref>Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Kōchō" in Template:Google books; n.b., Louis-Frédéric is pseudonym of Louis-Frédéric Nussbaum, see Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Authority File Template:Webarchive.</ref> The reigning emperor was Template:Nihongo.<ref>Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du Japon, pp. 255-261; Varley, H. Paul. (1980). Jinnō Shōtōki. p. 232-233.</ref>

Change of era

• Template:Nihongo; 1261: The new era name was created to mark an event or a number of events. The previous era ended and a new one commenced in Bun'ō 2. The era name comes from The Political Program of the Zhenguan Period and combines the characters Template:Linktext ("broad") and Template:Linktext ("long").

Events of the Kōchō era

• June 11, 1261 (Kōchō 1, 12th day of the 5th month): Nichiren was exiled to Itō in the Izu Province.<ref name="n47">Nichren. (2004). Writings of Nichiren Shonin: Doctrine 3, p. 47.</ref>
• March 19, 1262 (Kōchō 2, 28th day of the 11th month): Shinran passes away at the age of 90
• April 1, 1263 (Kōchō 3, 22nd day of the 2nd month): Nichiren was pardoned.<ref name="n47"/>

References

• Nichiren. (2004). Writings of Nichiren Shonin: Doctrine 3. onolulu: University of Hawaii Press. Template:ISBN
• Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric and Käthe Roth. (2005). Japan encyclopedia. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. Template:ISBN; OCLC 58053128
• 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
• Varley, H. Paul. (1980). A Chronicle of Gods and Sovereigns: Jinnō Shōtōki of Kitabatake Chikafusa. New York: Columbia University Press. Template:ISBN; OCLC 6042764

External links

• National Diet Library, "The Japanese Calendar" -- historical overview plus illustrative images from library's collection