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Entoku (延徳?) was a Japanese era name (年号, nengō,?, lit. "year name") after Chōkyō and before Meio. This period spanned the years from 1489 through 1492. The reigning emperor was Go-Tsuchimikado-tennō (後土御門天皇?).1
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Change of era
- Entoku gannen (延徳元年?); 1489: The era name was changed to mark an event or a number of events. The old era ended and a new one commenced in Chōkyō 3.
Events of the Entoku era
- Entoku 1, on the 26th day of the 3rd month (1489): The Shogun, Yoshihisa died at age 25 while leading a military campaign in Ōmi province. He had led the shogonate for 18 years. His father, he former-Shogun Yoshimasa, was strongly afflicted by his death; and because of this unanticipated development, he was moved to reconcile with his brother, Yoshimi.2
- Entoku 2, on the 7th day of the 1st month (1490): The former-Shogun Yoshimasa died at age 56.2
- Entoku 2, in the 7th month (1490): Ashikaga Yoshimura,3 nephew of Yoshimasa, is proclaimed as shogun at age 25.2
References
- Titsingh, Isaac, ed. (1834). [Siyun-sai Rin-siyo/Hayashi Gahō, 1652], Nipon o daï itsi ran; ou, Annales des empereurs du Japon, tr. par M. Isaac Titsingh avec l'aide de plusieurs interprètes attachés au comptoir hollandais de Nangasaki; ouvrage re., complété et cor. sur l'original japonais-chinois, accompagné de notes et précédé d'un Aperçu d'histoire mythologique du Japon, par M. J. Klaproth. Paris: Oriental Translation Fund of Great Britain and Ireland.... Click link for digitized, full-text copy of this book (in French)
External links
- National Diet Library, "The Japanese Calendar" -- historical overview plus illustrative images from library's collection
| Entoku | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th |
| Gregorian | 1489 | 1490 | 1491 | 1492 |
| Preceded by Chōkyō |
Era or nengō Entoku 1489 – 1492 |
Succeeded by Meiō |
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