was a after ''

Hōtoku was a after ''Bun'an'' and before '' Kyotoku.'' This period spanned the years from July 1449 through July 1452. The reigning emperor was . Change of era * 1449 : The era name was changed to mark an event or a number of events. The previous era ...

'' and before ''

Kōshō was a after ''Kyōtoku'' and before ''Chōroku.'' This period spanned the years from July 1455 through September 1457. The reigning emperor was .Titsingh, Isaac. (1834) ''Annales des empereurs du japon'', pp. 331349. Change of Era * 1455 : The ...

.'' This period spanned the years from July 1452 through July 1455. The reigning emperor was .

Change of era

* 1452 : The era name was changed to mark an event or a number of events. The old era ended and a new one commenced in ''Hōtoku'' 4.

Events of the ''Kyōtoku'' era

* 1453 (''Kyōtoku 2, 6th month''): The name of the Shōgun, " Yoshinari", was changed to

Ashikaga Yoshimasa Ashikaga (足利) may refer to: * Ashikaga clan (足利氏 ''Ashikaga-shi''), a Japanese samurai clan descended from the Minamoto clan; and that formed the basis of the eponymous shogunate ** Ashikaga shogunate (足利幕府 ''Ashikaga bakufu''), a ...

, which is the name by which he is more commonly known in modern times. * 1454 (''Kyōtoku 3''):

Ashikaga Shigeuji ( – 1497) was a Muromachi period warrior and the Kamakura-fu's fifth and last ''Kantō kubō'' (''Shōgun'' Deputy). Fourth son of fourth ''Kubō'' Ashikaga Mochiuji, he succeeded his father only in 1449, a full decade after his death by '' se ...

orchestrated for the killing of

Uesugi Noritada Uesugi (sometimes written ''Uyesugi'') is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include: People *Uesugi clan, a Japanese samurai clan **Uesugi Akisada, (1454–1510), a samurai of the Uesugi clan **Uesugi Harunori (1751–1822), a Jap ...

,Hall, John Whitney. (1988)
''The Cambridge History of Japan: Medieval Japan'', p. 233.
/ref> thus beginning a series of conflicts for control of the ''Kantō;'' and this event would come to be known as the '' Kyōtoku no Ran''.Nussbaum, "''Kyōtoku-no-ran''" i
''Japan encyclopedia'', p. 587.
/ref>

Notes

References

* Hall, John Whitney. (1988). ''The Cambridge History of Japan: Medieval Japan.'' Cambridge:

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. * Nussbaum, Louis Frédéric and Käthe Roth. (2005). ''Japan Encyclopedia.'' Cambridge:

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.
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* Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). ''

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''Annales des empereurs du Japon.''
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