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Jōji (貞治) was a Japanese era name (年号, nengō, lit. year name) of the Northern Court during the Era of Northern and Southern Courts after Kōan and before Ōan. This period spanned the years from September 1362 through February 1368.[1] The emperor in Kyoto was Emperor Go-Kōgon (後光厳天皇, Go-Kōgon-tennō).[2] Go-Kōgon's Southern Court rival in Yoshino during this time-frame was Emperor Go-Murakami (後村上天皇, Go-Murakami-tennō)

Nanboku-chō overview

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.
  • During the Meiji period, an Imperial decree dated March 3, 1911 established that the legitimate reigning monarchs of this period were the direct descendants of Emperor Go-Daigo through Emperor Go-Murakami, whose Southern Court (南朝, nanchō) had been established in exile in Yoshino, near Nara.[3]

    Until the end of the Edo period, the militarily superior pretender-Emperors supported by the Ashikaga shogunate had been mistakenly incorporated in Imperial chronologies despite the undisputed fact that the Imperial Regalia were not in their possession.[3]

    This illegitimate Northern Court (北朝, hokuchō) had been established in Kyoto by Ashikaga Takauji.[3]

    Change of era

    • 1362, also called Jōji gannen (貞治元年): The new era name was created to mark an event or series of events. The previous era ended and the new one commenced in Kōan 2.

    In this time frame, Shōhei (1346–1370) was a Southern Court equivalent nengō,

    Events of the Jōji era

    Notes

    1. ^ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Japan Encyclopedia, p. 430; n.b., Louis-Frédéric is pseudonym of Louis-Frédéric Nussbaum, see Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Authority File.
    2. ^ Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du japon, pp. 302-308; Nussbaum, p. 175.
    3. ^ a b c Thomas, Julia Adeney. (2001). Reconfiguring modernity: concepts of nature in Japanese political ideology, p. 199 n57, citing Mehl, Margaret. (1997). History and the State in Nineteenth-Century Japan. p. 140-147.
    4. ^ a b c Ackroyd, Joyce. (1982) Lessons from History: The Tokushi Yoron, p.329.
    5. ^ Titsingh, p. 307.
    6. ^ Titsingh, p. 308.

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    Jōji 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th
    Gregorian 1362 1363 1364 1365 1366 1367 1368

    Preceded by:
    Kōan

    Era or nengō:
    Jōji

    Succeeded by:
    Ōan