- Entoku
. [Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). "Annales des empereurs du Japon," pp. 352-364.]
Change of era
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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 ): TheShogun , Yoshihisa died at age 25 while leading a military campaign inŌmi 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.Titsingh, p. 361.]
* "Entoku 2", on the 7th day of the 1st month (1490 ): The former-Shogun Yoshimasa died at age 56. [see above] ]
* "Entoku 2", in the 7th month (1490 ): Ashikaga Yoshimura, [Titsigh, p. 364. [This son of Yoshimi was named Yoshimura until1501 when he changed his name to Yoshitane, and it is this name by which he will be more commonly recognized after his death.] ] nephew of Yoshimasa, is proclaimed as shogun at age 25. [see above] ]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. [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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