Shōwa正和 | |||
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March 1312 – February 1317 | |||
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oni, dated to 1313. | |||
Location | Japan | ||
Monarch(s) | Emperor Hanazono | ||
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Shōwa (正和) or Medieval Showa was a Japanese era name (年号, nengō, lit. "year number") after Ōchō and before Bunpō. This period spanned the years from March 1312 through February 1317. [1] The reigning emperor was Hanazono-tennō (花園天皇). [2]
The era name is derived from the Old Book of Tang, a Classical Chinese work composed in AD 941–945. The first character is shō (正), meaning "proper, straight, true", [3] while 和 (wa) means "peace," and may also pun on Wa (倭), an ancient name for Japan. [4] The era name is pronounced like the Shōwa era of 1926–1989, but that era name is written with the character 昭 ("illustrious") for shō. [5] [6]
Initially, former- Emperor Fushimi administered the court up through the time he took the tonsure as a Buddhist monk. [7]
Shōwa正和 | |||
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March 1312 – February 1317 | |||
![]() Tsuina mask depicting an
oni, dated to 1313. | |||
Location | Japan | ||
Monarch(s) | Emperor Hanazono | ||
Chronology
|
Part of a series on the |
History of Japan |
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Shōwa (正和) or Medieval Showa was a Japanese era name (年号, nengō, lit. "year number") after Ōchō and before Bunpō. This period spanned the years from March 1312 through February 1317. [1] The reigning emperor was Hanazono-tennō (花園天皇). [2]
The era name is derived from the Old Book of Tang, a Classical Chinese work composed in AD 941–945. The first character is shō (正), meaning "proper, straight, true", [3] while 和 (wa) means "peace," and may also pun on Wa (倭), an ancient name for Japan. [4] The era name is pronounced like the Shōwa era of 1926–1989, but that era name is written with the character 昭 ("illustrious") for shō. [5] [6]
Initially, former- Emperor Fushimi administered the court up through the time he took the tonsure as a Buddhist monk. [7]