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645–650
  
Taika

686–686
  
Shuchō

704–708
  
Keiun

650–654
  
Hakuchi

701–704
  
Taihō

708–715
  
Wadō

Entoku

Entoku (延徳) was a Japanese era name (年号, nengō, "year name") after Chōkyō and before Meio. This period spanned the years from August 1489 through July 1492. The reigning emperor was Go-Tsuchimikado-tennō (後土御門天皇).

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Change of era

  • 1489 Entoku gannen (延徳元年): 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

  • April 26, 1489 (Entoku 1, 26th day of the 3rd month): The Shogun, Yoshihisa died at age 25 while leading a military campaign in Ōmi Province. He had led the shogonate for 18 years. His father, the former Shogun Yoshimasa, was strongly afflicted by his death; and because of this unanticipated development, he was moved to reconcile with his brother, Yoshimi.
  • January 27, 1490 (Entoku 2, 7th day of the 1st month): The former Shogun Yoshimasa died at age 56.
  • 1490 (Entoku 2, 7th month): Ashikaga Yoshimura (known as Ashikaga Yoshitane after 1501), nephew of Yoshimasa, is proclaimed as shogun at age 25.

    • References

    Entoku Wikipedia
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