Shōō (Kamakura period)

Shōō
正応
April 1288 – August 1293
Yakushi Hall, Daizen-ji, built in 1290
LocationJapan
Monarch(s)Emperor Fushimi
Chronology
Kōan Einin class-skin-invert-image

Shōō (正応) was a Japanese era name (年号, nengō, lit. "year name") after Kōan and before Einin. This period spanned the years from April 1288 through August 1293.[1] The reigning emperor was Fushimi-tennō (伏見天皇).[2]

Change of era

  • 1288 Shōō gannen (正応元年): The new era name was created to mark an event or a number of events. The previous era ended and a new one commenced in Kōan 11. The era name is derived from the Notes on the Mao Commentary and combines the characters ("correct") and ("balanced").

Events of the Shōō era

  • April 16, 1288 (Shōō 1, 15th day of the 3rd month): The accession of Emperor Fushimi took place.[3]
  • 1288 (Shōō 1): Oracles of the three deities — Amaterasu, Hachiman and Kasuga appeared on the surface of the pond at Todaiji in Nara.[4]
  • May 26, 1293 (Shōō 6, 13th day of the 4th month): An earthquake in Kamakura, Japan kills an estimated 23,000.[5]

Notes

  1. ^ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Shōō" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 885, p. 885, at Google Books; n.b., Louis-Frédéric is pseudonym of Louis-Frédéric Nussbaum, see Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Authority File Archived 2012-05-24 at archive.today.
  2. ^ Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du japon, p. 269-274; Varley, H. Paul. (1980). Jinnō Shōtōki. pp. 237-238.
  3. ^ Perkins, George W. (1998). The Clear Mirror: a Chronicle of the Japanese Court during the Kamakura Period (1185-1333), p. 137., p. 137, at Google Books
  4. ^ Breen, John and Mark Teeuwen. (2000). Shinto in History: Ways of the Kami, p. 174., p. 174, at Google Books
  5. ^ Hattori, J. (4 April 1878). "Destructive Earthquakes of Japan". The Japan Mail: A fortnightly summary of intelligence from Japan, for transmission to Europe and the United States, via Suez and San Francisco. p. 178. Retrieved 24 February 2019.

References

Preceded by Era or nengō
Shōō

1288–1293
Succeeded by