Gentoku
Gentoku (元徳) was a Japanese era name after Karyaku and before Genkō. This period spanned the years from August 1329 through April 1331[1] in the Southern Court, but continued to be used in the Northern Court until 1332. The reigning Emperor was Go-Daigo-tennō (後醍醐天皇).[2]
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Change of era
- 1329 Gentoku gannen (元徳元年): The new era name was created to mark an event or series of events. The previous era ended and the new one commenced in Karyaku 4.
Events of the Gentoku era
Notes
- Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Gentoku" in Japan encyclopedia, p. 240; n.b., Louis-Frédéric is a pseudonym of Louis-Frédéric Nussbaum, see Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Authority File.
- Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du Japon, pp. 278-281; Varley, H. Paul. (1980). Jinnō Shōtōki. pp. 239-241.
- McCullough, Helen Craig. (2004). The Taiheiki, p.28.
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References
- Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric and Käthe Roth. (2005). Japan encyclopedia. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5; OCLC 58053128
- 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
- Varley, H. Paul. (1980). A Chronicle of Gods and Sovereigns: Jinnō Shōtōki of Kitabatake Chikafusa. New York: Columbia University Press. ISBN 9780231049405; OCLC 6042764
External links
- National Diet Library, "The Japanese Calendar" -- historical overview plus illustrative images from library's collection
| Preceded by Karyaku |
Era or nengō Gentoku 1329–1331 |
Succeeded by Genkō |
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