Kyōtoku Explained
was a after Hōtoku and before Kōshō. This period spanned the years from July 1452 through July 1455.[1] The reigning emperor was .[2]
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, which is the name by which he is more commonly known in the modern era.[3]
- 1454 (Kyōtoku 3): Ashikaga Shigeuji orchestrated for the killing of Uesugi Noritada,[4] thus beginning a series of conflicts for control of the Kantō; and this event would come to be known as the Kyōtoku no Ran.[5]
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Notes and References
- Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Kyōtoku" in Japan encyclopedia, p. 587; n.b., Louis-Frédéric is pseudonym of Louis-Frédéric Nussbaum, see Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Authority File .
- Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du Japon, pp. 331-347.
- Titsingh, p. 346.
- Hall, John Whitney. (1988). The Cambridge History of Japan: Medieval Japan, p. 233.
- Nussbaum, "Kyōtoku-no-ran" in Japan encyclopedia, p. 587.