was a
Japanese era name
The , also known as , is the first of the two elements that identify years in the Japanese era calendar scheme. The second element is a number which indicates the year number within the era (with the first year being ""), followed by the literal ...
(年号, ''nengō'', "year name") after ''
Bunmei'' and before ''
Entoku''. This period spanned the years from July 1487 through August 1489. The reigning emperor was
Go-Tsuchimikado''-tennō'' (後土御門天皇).
Change of era
* 1487 : The era name was changed to mark an event or a number of events. The old era ended and a new one commenced in ''Bunmei'' 19.
Events of the ''Chōkyō'' era
* 1487 (''Chōkyō 1''): Takatskasa-no Masahira was replaced as ''kampaku'' by the former ''
naidaijin'' Kiyosho-no Masatada.
[Titsingh]
p. 360.
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* 1487 (''Chōkyō 1, 8th month''): ''Udaijin'' Ōe-no mikado Nobukatsu died at age 42.[Titsingh]
p. 361.
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Notes
References
* Nussbaum, Louis Frédéric and Käthe Roth. (2005). ''Japan Encyclopedia''. Cambridge: Harvard University Press.
OCLC 48943301
* Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). ''Nihon Ōdai Ichiran
, ', is a 17th-century chronicle of the serial reigns of Japanese emperors with brief notes about some of the noteworthy events or other happenings.
According to the 1871 edition of the ''American Cyclopaedia'', the 1834 French translation of ...
''; 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 is the national library of Japan and among the largest libraries in the world. It was established in 1948 for the purpose of assisting members of the in researching matters of public policy. The library is similar in purpose and scope to ...
, "The Japanese Calendar
– historical overview plus illustrative images from library's collection
Japanese eras
1480s in Japan
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