- Kyōtoku
. [Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). "Annales des empereurs du Japon," pp. 331-347.]
Change of era
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1452 : The era name was changed to mark an event or a number of events. The previous era ended and a new once commenced in "Hōtoku" 4.Events of the "Kyōtoku" era
* "Kyōtoku 2", in the 6th month (
1453 ): The name of Shogun Ashikaga Yoshinari was changed toAshikaga Yoshimasa . [Titsingh, p. 346.]
* "Kyōtoku 3" (1454 ):Ashikaga Shigeuji arranged for the murder of the Kantō "kanrei ",Uesugi Noritada , thus beginning a series of conflicts for control of the "Kantō" which would come to be known as the "Kyōtoku no Ran".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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