Kōchō

Kōchō (弘長) was a Japanese era name (年号,, nengō,, lit. "year name") after Bun'ō and before Bun'ei. This period spanned the years from 1261 to 1264. The reigning emperor was Kameyama-tennō (亀山天皇).

Change of era

• Kōchō gannen (弘長元年); 1261: The new era name was created to mark an event or a number of events. The previous era ended and a new one commenced in Bun'ō 2.

Events of the Kōchō era

• Kōchō 1, on the 12th day of the 5th month (1261): Nichiren was exiled to Itō in Izu.
• Kōchō 2, on the 28th day of the 11th month (1262): Shinran passes away at the age of 90
• Kōchō 3, on the 22nd day of the 2nd montn (1263): Nichiren was pardoned.

References

• Nichiren. (2004). Writings of Nichiren Shonin: Doctrine 3. onolulu: University of Hawaii Press. ISBN 0-8248-2931-X
• 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)
• Varley, H. Paul , ed. (1980). [ Kitabatake Chikafusa, 1359], Jinnō Shōtōki ("A Chronicle of Gods and Sovereigns: Jinnō Shōtōki of Kitabatake Chikafusa" translated by H. Paul Varley). New York: Columbia University Press. ISBN 0-231-04940-4

External links

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

Kōchō	1st	2nd	3rd	4th
Gregorian	1261	1262	1263	1264

Preceded by: Bun'ō

Era or nengō: Kōchō

Succeeded by: Bun'ei