Kanshō

{{Short description|Period of Japanese history (1460–1466)}}

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{{nihongo|Kanshō|寛正}} was a {{nihongo|Japanese era name|年号| nengō| lit. "year name"}} after Chōroku and before Bunshō. This period spanned from December 1460 through February 1466.Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Kanshō" in [https://books.google.com/books?id=p2QnPijAEmEC&pg=PA478 Japan encyclopedia, p. 478]; n.b., Louis-Frédéric is pseudonym of Louis-Frédéric Nussbaum, see [http://dispatch.opac.ddb.de/DB=4.1/PPN?PPN=128842709 Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Authority File] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20120524174828/http://dispatch.opac.ddb.de/DB=4.1/PPN?PPN=128842709 |date=2012-05-24 }}. The reigning emperors were {{nihongo|Go-Hanazono-tennō|後花園天皇}} and {{nihongo|Go-Tsuchimikado-tennō|後土御門天皇}}.Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). [https://books.google.com/books?id=18oNAAAAIAAJ&dq=nipon+o+dai+itsi+ran&pg=PP9 Annales des empereurs du japon, pp. 331]-351.

Change of era

  • 1460 {{nihongo|Kanshō gannen|寛正元年}}: The era name was changed to mark an event or a number of events. The old era ended and a new one commenced in Chōroku 4.

Events of the ''Kanshō'' era

  • 1460 (Kanshō 1, 9th month): Wakae Castle in Kawachi Province was destroyed when {{nihongo|Hatakeyama Yoshinari|畠山 義就||1437-21 January 1491}} was forced out of it.Titsingh, [https://books.google.com/books?id=18oNAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA350 p. 350]; Ramirez-Christensen, Experanza U. (1994). [https://books.google.com/books?id=dCpC9h1tCVcC&pg=PA28 Heart's flower: the life and poetry of Shinkei, p. 28].
  • 1461 (Kanshō 2): The Kanshō famine ceased.
  • August 21, 1464 (Kanshō 5, 19th day of the 7th month): Go-Hanazono resigned his throne in favor of his son, who would be known as Emperor Go-Tsuchimikado.Titsingh, [https://books.google.com/books?id=18oNAAAAIAAJ&dq=nipon+o+dai+itsi+ran&pg=PP9 p. 351.]

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References

  • Nussbaum, Louis Frédéric and Käthe Roth. (2005). Japan Encyclopedia. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. {{ISBN|978-0-674-01753-5}}; [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/48943301/editions?editionsView=true&referer=br OCLC 48943301]
  • Ponsonby-Fane, Richard Arthur Brabazon. Ponsonby-Fane, Richard. (1956). [https://books.google.com/books?id=OpOdHQAACAAJ&q=Kyoto:+The+Old+Capital+of+Japan,+794-1869 Kyoto: The Old Capital of Japan, 794-1869.] Kyoto: Ponsonby Memorial Society. [http://www.worldcat.org/wcpa/oclc/36644 OCLC 36644]
  • 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]