Kakitsu

. [Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). "Annales des empereurs du Japon," pp. 331-343.]

Change of era

*; 1451: The era name was changed to mark an event or a number of events. The previous era ended and a new one commenced in "Eikyō" 13.

Events of the "Kakitsu" era

* "Kakitsu 1", on the 24th day of the 6th month (1441): Shogun Ashikaga Yoshinori is murdered at age 48 by Akamatsu Mitsusuke; and shortly thereafter, his 8-year-old son, Ashikaga Yoshikatsu, is proclaimed as the new Shogun. [Titsingh, p. 339.]
* "Kakitsu 1", in the 9th month (1441): The murderers of Yoshinori kill themselves. [Titsingh, p. 341.]
* "Kakitsu 3", on the 21 day of the 7th month (1443): Shogun Yoshikatsu died at the age of 10. He liked riding horses very much; but he was gravely injured in a fall from a horse. This was the cause of his death. He had been shogun for only three years. His 8-year-old brother, Ashikaga Yoshinari, was then named shogun. [Titsingh, P. 342.]
* "Kakitsu 3", on the 23rd day of the 9th month (1443): An armed group of rebels penetrated the palace defenses. A fire was started and one of the men sought to kill Go-Hanazono, but the emperor escaped. However, the intruders managed to steal the Three Sacred Treasures – the mirror, the sword and the jewel. Later, a guard found the mirror and a priest found the sword, but the location of jewel was not known until the 8th month of "Bunnan gannen." [Titsingh, pp. 344-345.]

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]