Tokuji
{{Short description|Period of Japanese history (1307–1308 CE)}}
{{for|the personal name|Tokuji (given name)}}
{{Infobox historical era
| name = Tokuji{{pb}}{{nobold|{{lang|ja|徳治}}}}
| location = Japan
| start =December 1306
| end = October 1308
|image = Go-Uda Toji Letter.jpg
| alt =
|caption = Letter written by the former Emperor Go-Uda in February 1308, praying for the prosperity of Tō-ji temple.
| before = Kagen
| after= Enkyō
| monarch = Emperor Go-Nijō (to September 1308)
Emperor Hanazono (from September 1308)
}}{{History of Japan |image=Shoso-in.jpg |caption=Shōsōin}}
{{nihongo|Tokuji|徳治}} was a {{nihongo|Japanese era name|年号|nengō|lit. "year name"}} after Kagen and before Enkyō. This period spanned the years from December 1306 through October 1308.Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Tokuji" in {{Google books|p2QnPijAEmEC|Japan Encyclopedia, p. 980|page=980}}; 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 emperor was {{nihongo|Go-Nijō-tennō|後二条天皇}}.Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du Japon, pp. 275-278; Varley, H. Paul. Jinnō Shōtōki, p. 239.
Change of era
- 1306 {{nihongo|Tokuji gannen|徳治元年}}: The new era name was created to timestamp events or series of events. The previous era ended and the new one commenced in Kagen 4. The era name is derived from the Zuo Zhuan (4th century BC) and combines the characters {{linktext|徳}} ("benevolence, virtue") and {{linktext|治}} ("govern, reign").
Events of the ''Tokuji'' era
- 1308 (Tokuji 3, 8th month): In the 8th year of Go-Nijo-tennō{{'}}s reign (後二条天皇8年), the emperor died at the young age of 24; and the succession (senso) was received by his cousin. Shortly thereafter, Emperor Hanazono is said to have acceded to the throne (sokui).Titsingh, p. 278; Varley, p. 44; a distinct act of senso is unrecognized prior to Emperor Tenji; and all sovereigns except Jitō, Yōzei, Go-Toba, and Fushimi have senso and sokui in the same year until the reign of Emperor Go-Murakami.
- 1308 (Tokuji 3, 10th month): The nengō was changed to Enkyō with the accession of Emperor Hanazono.Varley, p. 240.
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|978-0-231-04940-5}}; [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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| years = 1306–1308
| after =Enkyō
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Category:14th-century neologisms
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