was a after ''
Shōka'' and before ''
Bun'ō.'' This period spanned the years from March 1259 through April 1260. The reigning emperors were and .
Change of era
* 1259 : The new era name was created to mark an event or a number of events. The years of the Shōgen era were part of a period marked by famine and
epidemic
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s; and the era name was changed in quick succession in the hope that this might bring the period to a close. The previous era ended and a new one commenced in ''Shōka'' 3.
Events
* 1259 (''Shōgen 1, 11th month''): In the 14th year of Go-Fukakusa''-tennō''s reign (後深草天皇14年), the emperor abdicated; and the succession (''senso'') was received by his younger brother. Shortly thereafter, Emperor Kameyama is said to have acceded to the throne (''sokui'').
[Titsingh, p. 265; Varley, p. 44; a distinct act of ''senso'' is unrecognized prior to Emperor Tenji; and all sovereigns except ]Jitō
were medieval territory stewards in Japan, especially in the Kamakura and Muromachi shogunates. Appointed by the shōgun, ''jitō'' managed manors, including national holdings governed by the '' kokushi'' or provincial governor. There were als ...
, Yōzei, Go-Toba, and Fushimi have ''senso'' and ''sokui'' in the same year until the reign of Emperor Go-Murakami.
Notes
References
* Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric and Käthe Roth. (2005)
''Japan encyclopedia.''Cambridge:
Harvard University Press
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The pres ...
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Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). ''
Nihon Odai Ichiran
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''; 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
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.
OCLC 6042764
External links
* National Diet Library, "The Japanese Calendar
-- historical overview plus illustrative images from library's collection
Japanese eras
1259 in Asia
1260 in Asia
1250s in Japan
1260s in Japan
13th-century neologisms
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