Kentoku

Kentoku (建徳) was a Japanese era name (年号, nengō, lit. year name) of the Southern Court during the Nanboku-chō period after Shōhei and before Bunchū. The period started in July 1370 and ended in April 1372.^[1] The Southern Court monarch in Yoshino during this time was Lua error in Module:Unicode_data at line 293: attempt to index local 'data_module' (a boolean value)..^[2] The Northern Court pretender in Kyoto was Lua error in Module:Unicode_data at line 293: attempt to index local 'data_module' (a boolean value)..^[3]

Events of the Kentoku era

1370 (Kentoku 1): Imagawa Sadayo sent to subdue Kyūshū.^[4]

Northern Court nengō

Ōan, 1368–1375

Kentoku Media

The Imperial seats during the Nanboku-chō period were in relatively close proximity, but geographically distinct. They were conventionally identified as:
- Northern capital : Kyoto
- Southern capital : Yoshino.

Related pages

Muromachi period

References

↑ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Kentoku" in Japan encyclopedia, p. 510.
↑ Nussbaum, "Chōkei Tennō," p. 120.
↑ Nussbaum, "Go-En'yū Tennō," p. 251; Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du japon, pp. 310-312.
↑ Ackroyd, Joyce. (1982) Lessons from History: The "Tokushi Yoron", p. 329.

Other websites

National Diet Library, "The Japanese Calendar" -- historical overview plus illustrative images from library's collection

Keichō	1st	2nd	3rd
	1370	1371	1372

Preceded by:
Shōhei

Era or nengō:
Kentoku

Succeeded by:
Bunchū

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[1] Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Kentoku" in Japan encyclopedia, p. 510.

[2] Nussbaum, "Chōkei Tennō," p. 120.

[3] Nussbaum, "Go-En'yū Tennō," p. 251; Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du japon, pp. 310-312.

[4] Ackroyd, Joyce. (1982) Lessons from History: The "Tokushi Yoron", p. 329.

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