Chōtoku

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Chōtoku (長徳?) was a Japanese era (年号, nengō,?, lit. "year name") after Eiso and before Chōhō. This period spanned the years from 995 through 999. The reigning emperor was Ichijō-tennō (一条天皇?).[1]

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[edit] Change of era

  • Chōtoku gannen (長徳元年?); 995: The new era name was created to mark an event or a number of events. The previous era ended and a new one commenced in Shōryaku 6, on the 22nd day of the 2nd month of 995.[2]

[edit] Events of the Chōtoku era

  • Chōtoku 1 (995):

[edit] References

  1. ^ Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du japon, pp. 150-154; Brown, Delmer et al. (1979). Gukanshō, p. 302-307; Varely, H. Paul. (1980). Jinnō Shōtōki, pp. 192-195.
  2. ^ Brown, p. 305.


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Chōtoku 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th
Gregorian 995 996 997 998 999
Preceded by
Shōryaku
Era or nengō
Chōtoku

995999
Succeeded by
Chōhō