Kanshō

Kanshō (寛正) was a Japanese era name (年号,, nengō,, lit. "year name") after Chōroku and before Bunshō. This period started in December 1460 and ended in February 1466.^[1] During this time, the emperors were Go-Hanazono-tennō (後花園天皇)^[2] and Go-Tsuchimikado-tennō (後土御門天皇).^[3]

Events of the Kanshō era

Stone marker for Wakae Castle which was torn down in the 1st year of Kanshō

1460 (Kanshō 1, 9th month): Wakae Castle in Kawachi Province was destroyed when Hatakeyama Yoshinari (畠山義就, 1437-21 January 1491) was forced out of it.^[4]
21 August 1464 (Kanshō 5, 19th day of the 7th month): Go-Hanazono resigned. He abdication caused the Imperial succession to pass to his son who would be known as Emperor Go-Tsuchimikado.^[5]

Related pages

Muromachi period

References

↑ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Kanshō" in Japan encyclopedia, p. 478.
↑ Nussbaum, "Go-Hanazono Tennō," p. 252.
↑ Nussbaum, "Go-Tsuchimikado Tennō," p. 265; Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du japon, pp. 331-351.
↑ Titsingh, p. 350; Ramirez-Christensen, Experanza U. (1994). Heart's flower: the life and poetry of Shinkei, p. 28.
↑ Titsingh, p. 351; 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. Compare Kunaichō, Ceremony of Accession (Sokui-no-Rei); retrieved 2012-6-29.

Other websites

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

Kanshō	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th
	1460	1461	1462	1463	1464	1465	1466

Preceded by:
Chōroku

Era or nengō:
Kanshō

Succeeded by:
Bunshō

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[1] Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Kanshō" in Japan encyclopedia, p. 478.

[2] Nussbaum, "Go-Hanazono Tennō," p. 252.

[3] Nussbaum, "Go-Tsuchimikado Tennō," p. 265; Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du japon, pp. 331-351.

[4] Titsingh, p. 350; Ramirez-Christensen, Experanza U. (1994). Heart's flower: the life and poetry of Shinkei, p. 28.

[5] Titsingh, p. 351; 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. Compare Kunaichō, Ceremony of Accession (Sokui-no-Rei); retrieved 2012-6-29.

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