Shōwa | |||
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March 1312 – February 1317 | |||
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Tsuina mask depicting an oni, dated to 1313.
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Location | Japan | ||
Monarch(s) | Emperor Hanazono | ||
Chronology
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Shōwa (正和)orMedieval Showa was a Japanese era name (年号, nengō, lit. "year number") after Ōchō and before Bunpō. This period spanned the years from March 1312 through February 1317.[1] The reigning emperor was Hanazono-tennō (花園天皇).[2]
The era name is derived from the Old Book of Tang, a Classical Chinese work composed in AD 941–945. The first character is shō (正), meaning "proper, straight, true",[3] while 和 (wa) means "peace," and may also punonWa (倭), an ancient name for Japan.[4] The era name is pronounced like the Shōwa era of 1926–1989, but that era name is written with the character 昭 ("illustrious") for shō.[5][6]
Initially, former-Emperor Fushimi administered the court up through the time he took the tonsure as a Buddhist monk.[7]
Preceded by | Era of Japan Shōwa (正和) 1312–1317 |
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