Shōchū 元亨
December 1324 – April 1326
Emperor Go-Daigo
Location	Japan
Monarch(s)	Emperor Go-Daigo
Chronology Genkō Karyaku

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Shōchū (正中) was a Japanese era name (年号, nengō, lit. "year name") after Genkō and before Karyaku. This period spanned the years from December 1324 to April 1326.^[1] The reigning Emperor was Go-Daigo-tennō (後醍醐天皇).^[2]

• 1324 Shōchū gannen (正中元年): The new era name was created to mark an event or series of events. The previous era ended and the new one commenced in Genkō 4.

• 1324 (Shōchū 1, 1st month): The nadaijin Saionji Kinsighe died at age 41.^[3]
• 1324 (Shōchū 1, 3rd month): The emperor visited the Iwashimizu Shrine.^[3]
• 1324 (Shōchū 1, 3rd month): The emperor visited the Kamo Shrines.^[3]
• 1324 (Shōchū 1, 5th month): Konoe Iehira died. He had been kampaku during the reign of Emperor Hanazono.^[4]
• 1324 (Shōchū 1, 6th month): The former-Emperor Go-Uda died at age 58.^[4]
• '1325 (Shōchū 2, 6th month): The former-shōgun, Prince Koreyasu, died at age 62.^[4]
• 1325 (Shōchū 2, 12th month): The former-kampaku, Ichijō Uchitsune, died at age 36.^[4]
• 1326 (Shōchū 3): Go-Diago's favorite, Empress Kishi, appeared to be pregnant, and the eager father-to-be visited her quarters daily; but this hope turned to regret when it turned out to be a false pregnancy.^[5]

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• 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
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• National Diet Library, "The Japanese Calendar" -- historical overview plus illustrative images from library's collection
• Kyoto National Museum -- "Treasures of Daikaku-ji", including portrait of Go-Uda and the former-emperor's will