Shōchū (era)

806–810	Daidō
810–824	Kōnin
824–834	Tenchō
834–848	Jōwa
848–851	Kashō
851–854	Ninju
854–857	Saikō
857–859	Ten'an
859–877	Jōgan
877–885	Gangyō
885–889	Ninna
889–898	Kanpyō
898–901	Shōtai
901–923	Engi
923–931	Enchō
931–938	Jōhei
938–947	Tengyō
947–957	Tenryaku
957–961	Tentoku
961–964	Ōwa

645–650	Taika
650–654	Hakuchi
686–686	Shuchō
701–704	Taihō
704–708	Keiun
708–715	Wadō
Nara
715–717	Reiki
717–724	Yōrō
724–729	Jinki
729–749	Tenpyō
749	Tenpyō-kanpō
749–757	Tenpyō-shōhō
757–765	Tenpyō-hōji
765–767	Tenpyō-jingo
767–770	Jingo-keiun
770–781	Hōki
781–782	Ten'ō
782–806	Enryaku

Shōchū
正中
Shōchū 正中
December 1324 –April 1326
Genkō	Karyaku
	Emperor Go-Daigo
Location	Japan
Monarch	Emperor Go-Daigo

Last updated March 21, 2026

Shōchū (正中) was a Japanese era name (年号, nengō; lit. "year name") after Genkō and before Karyaku. This period spanned the years from December 1324 to April 1326.^[1] The reigning Emperor was Go-Daigo -tennō (後醍醐天皇).^[2]

Change of era

1324Shōchū gannen (正中元年): The new era name was created to mark an event or series of events. The previous era ended and the new one commenced in Genkō 4.

Events of the Shōchū era

1324 (Shōchū 1, 1st month): The nadaijin Saionji Kinsighe died at age 41.^[3]
1324 (Shōchū 1, 3rd month): The emperor visited the Iwashimizu Shrine.^[3]
1324 (Shōchū 1, 3rd month): The emperor visited the Kamo Shrines.^[3]
1324 (Shōchū 1, 5th month): Konoe Iehira died. He had been kampaku during the reign of Emperor Hanazono.^[4]
1324 (Shōchū 1, 6th month): The former-Emperor Go-Uda died at age 58.^[4]
'1325 (Shōchū 2, 6th month): The former-shōgun, Prince Koreyasu, died at age 62.^[4]
1325 (Shōchū 2, 12th month): The former-kampaku, Ichijō Uchitsune, died at age 36.^[4]
1326 (Shōchū 3): Go-Daigo's favorite, Empress Kishi, appeared to be pregnant, and the eager father-to-be visited her quarters daily; but this hope turned to regret when it turned out to be a false pregnancy.^[5]

Notes

↑ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Shōchū" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 877 , p. 877, at Google Books; n.b., Louis-Frédéric is pseudonym of Louis-Frédéric Nussbaum, see Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Authority File Deprecated link archived 2012-05-24 at archive.today .
↑ Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du Japon, pp. 278-281; Varley, H. Paul. (1980). Jinnō Shōtōki. pp. 239-241.
1 2 3 Titsingh, p. 283.
1 2 3 4 Titsingh, p. 284.
↑ Perkins, George. (1998). The Clear Mirror: A Chronicle of the Japanese Court during the Kamakura Period (1185-1333), pp. 183-184.

References

Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric and Käthe Roth. (2005). Japan encyclopedia. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5; OCLC 58053128
Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Nihon Odai Ichiran ; ou, Annales des empereurs du Japon. Paris: Royal Asiatic Society, Oriental Translation Fund of Great Britain and Ireland. OCLC 5850691
Varley, H. Paul. (1980). A Chronicle of Gods and Sovereigns: Jinnō Shōtōki of Kitabatake Chikafusa. New York: Columbia University Press. ISBN 9780231049405; OCLC 6042764

External links

National Diet Library, "The Japanese Calendar" -- historical overview plus illustrative images from library's collection
Kyoto National Museum -- "Treasures of Daikaku-ji", including portrait of Go-Uda and the former-emperor's will

Preceded by

Genkō

Era or nengō
Shōchū
1324–1326

Succeeded by

Karyaku

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[1] Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Shōchū" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 877 , p. 877, at Google Books; n.b., Louis-Frédéric is pseudonym of Louis-Frédéric Nussbaum, see Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Authority File Deprecated link archived 2012-05-24 at archive.today .

[2] Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du Japon, pp. 278-281; Varley, H. Paul. (1980). Jinnō Shōtōki. pp. 239-241.

[t283-3] 1 2 3 Titsingh, p. 283.

[t284-4] 1 2 3 4 Titsingh, p. 284.

[5] Perkins, George. (1998). The Clear Mirror: A Chronicle of the Japanese Court during the Kamakura Period (1185-1333), pp. 183-184.

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