- Shōgen
:"Shōgen" is also an alternative pronunciation of the name of the Jōgen era (1207–1211).
nihongo|Shōgen|正元| was a nihongo|Japanese era name|年号,|"nengō",|lit. "
year name" after "Shōka " and before "Bun'ō ." This period spanned the years from1259 to1260 . The reigning emperors were nihongo|Fukakusa"-tennō"|後深草天皇 and nihongo|Kameyama"-tennō"|亀山天皇. [Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). "Annales des empereurs du Japon," pp. 248-255; Varley, H. Paul. (1980). "Jinnō Shōtōki." p. 231-232.]Change of era
*;
1259 : The new era name was created to mark an event or a number of events. The years of the Shōgen era was in a period marked by famine andepidemic s; and the era name was changed in quick succession in the hope that this might bring them to a close. [ [http://www.nsglobalnet.jp/page/d_and_p/chapter_3.htm The Doctrines and Practice of Nichiren Shoshu ] ] The previous era ended and a new one commenced in "Shōka" 3.Events
* "Shōgen 1", in the 11th month (
1259 ): In the 14th year of Go-Fukakusa"-tennō"'s reign (後深草天皇14年), the emperor abdicated; and the succession (‘‘senso’’) was received by his younger brother. Shortly thereafter, Emperor Kameyama is said to have acceded to the throne (‘‘sokui’’). [Titsingh, p. 265; Varley, p. 44. [A distinct act of "senso" is unrecognized prior to Emperor Tenji; and all sovereigns except Jitō, Yōzei, Go-Toba, and Fushimi have "senso" and "sokui" in the same year until the reign of Go-Murakami.] ]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)]
* 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 0-231-04940-4External 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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