Gentoku
{{Short description|Period of Japanese history (1329–1331)}}
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{{nihongo|Gentoku|元徳}} was a Japanese era name after Karyaku and before Genkō. This period spanned the years from August 1329 through April 1331Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Gentoku" in [https://books.google.com/books?id=p2QnPijAEmEC&pg=PA240 Japan encyclopedia, p. 240]; n.b., Louis-Frédéric is a pseudonym of Louis-Frédéric Nussbaum, see [https://archive.today/20120524174828/http://dispatch.opac.ddb.de/DB=4.1/PPN?PPN=128842709 Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Authority File]. in the Southern Court, but continued to be used in the Northern Court until 1332. The reigning Emperor was {{nihongo|Go-Daigo-tennō|後醍醐天皇}}.Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du Japon, pp. 278-281; Varley, H. Paul. (1980). Jinnō Shōtōki. pp. 239-241.
Change of era
- 1329 {{nihongo|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
- March 27, 1330 (Gentoku 2, 8th day of the 3rd month): The Emperor visited Tōdai-ji and Kōfuku-ji in Nara.McCullough, Helen Craig. (2004). The Taiheiki, p.28.
Notes
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References
- Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric and Käthe Roth. (2005). [https://books.google.com/books?id=p2QnPijAEmEC Japan encyclopedia.] Cambridge: Harvard University Press. {{ISBN|978-0-674-01753-5}}; [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/58053128?referer=di&ht=edition OCLC 58053128]
- Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Nihon Odai Ichiran; ou, [https://books.google.com/books?id=18oNAAAAIAAJ&q=nipon+o+dai+itsi+ran Annales des empereurs du Japon.] Paris: Royal Asiatic Society, Oriental Translation Fund of Great Britain and Ireland. [https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/5850691 OCLC 5850691]
- Varley, H. Paul. (1980). A Chronicle of Gods and Sovereigns: Jinnō Shōtōki of Kitabatake Chikafusa. New York: Columbia University Press. {{ISBN|9780231049405}}; [https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/6042764 OCLC 6042764]
External links
- National Diet Library, "The Japanese Calendar" [http://www.ndl.go.jp/koyomi/e/ -- historical overview plus illustrative images from library's collection]
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