Kōji (Muromachi period)

Kōji (Muromachi period)

. [Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). "Annales des empereurs du japon," pp. 372-382.]

Change of era

*; 1555: The era name was changed to mark an event or a number of events. The old era ended and a new once commenced in "Tenbun" 24.

The name originates from the following Chinese passage: 「祇承宝命、志弘治体」.

Events of the "Kōji" era

* "Kōji 1", in the 1st month (1555): A border war began between Mōri Motonari, daimyo of Aki Province, and Sue Harutaka, daimyo of Suō Province.Titsingh, p. 382.]
* "Kōji 1", in the 11th month (1555): The Mōri forces surrounded the Sue defenders in the Battle of Itsukushima. When the outcome of the battle became clear, Sue Harutaka committed suicide; and others, including Odomo-no Yoshinaga, followed Harutaka in suicide. This victory, and the subsequent consolidation of the Mōri holdings were owing to Motonari's four sons: Mōri Takamoto, Kikkawa Motoharu, Hoda Motokiyo, and Kobayakawa Takakage. [see above] ]
* "Kōji 1" (1555): The forces of Takeda Shingen and Uyesugi Kenshin met at the confluence of the Saigawa and te Chikumagawa in Shinano province; and the fighting was known as the Battle of Kawanakajima. [Sansom, George. (1961) "A History of Japan, 1334-1615," p. 246.]
* "Kōji 2" (1556): The Ōmori silver mine fell into the control of the Mori clan during a campaign in Iwami province. [Sansom, p. 257.]
* "Kōji 3", on the 5th day of the 9th month (1557): Emperor Go-Nara died at age 62. [see above] ]

References

* Sansom, George. (1961). "A History of Japan, 1334-1615." Stanford: Stanford University Press. ISBN 0-8047-0524-0 (cloth); ISBN 0-8047-0525-9 (paper)
* 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. [http://books.google.com/books?id=18oNAAAAIAAJ&dq=nipon+o+dai+itsi+ran ... Click link for digitized, full-text copy of this book (in French)]

External links

* National Diet Library, "The Japanese Calendar" [http://www.ndl.go.jp/koyomi/e/ -- historical overview plus illustrative images from library's collection]


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Preceded by:
"Tenbun"		 Era or "nengō":
Kōji		Succeeded by:
"Eiroku"


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