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645–650
  
Taika

686–686
  
Shuchō

704–708
  
Keiun

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September 1429

650–654
  
Hakuchi

701–704
  
Taihō

708–715
  
Wadō

Shōchō

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Shōchō (正長) was a Japanese era name (年号, nengō, "year name") after Ōei and before Eikyō, from April 1428 until September 1429. Reigning emperors were Shōkō-tennō (称光天皇) and Go-Hanazono-tennō (後花園天皇).

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Change of era

  • 1428 Shōchō gannen (正長元年): The era name was changed to mark an event or a number of events. The previous era ended and a new one commenced in Ōei 35.

    • Events of the Shōchō era

  • February 3, 1428 (Shōchō 1, 18th day of the 1st month): Shogun Ashikaga Yoshimochi, having taken power again after the death of his son, dies himself at the age of 43.
  • August, 1428 (Shōchō 1, 7th month): Shocho Uprising begins.
  • August 30, 1428 (Shōchō 1, 20th day of the 7th month): Emperor Shōkō died at the age of 27. Nihon Ōdai Ichiran suggests a cause of death by explaining: "Ce prince, s'occupait de magie et du culte de démons, mena une vie pure, et observa rigoureusement l'abstinence et le jeûne." [This prince, who occupied himself with magic and the cult of demons, led a pure life, and rigorously observed abstinence and fasting.]
  • September 7, 1428 (Shōchō 1, 29th day of the 7th month): Emperor Go-Hanazono accedes to the throne at age 10.

    • References

    Shōchō Wikipedia
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