Shōji (era)

Shōji (正治, Shōji^?) was a Japanese era name (年号,, nengō,^?, lit. "year name") after Kenkyū and before Kennin. This period spanned the years from 1199 through 1201. The reigning emperor was Tsuchimikado-tennō (土御門天皇, Tsuchimikado-tennō^?).^[1]

[edit] Change of era

Shōji gannen (正治元年, Shōji gannen^?); 1199: 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 Kenkyū 10, on the 27th day of the 4th month of 1199.^[2]

Shōji 1, on the 10th day of the 12th month (January 29, 1199): Oyama Tomomasa was appointed to the shugo post of Harima province and governor of Heian-kyo.^[3]
Shōji 2, in the 10th month (1200): Hōjō Tokimasa was created daimyo of Ōmi Province.^[4]

^ Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du japon, p. 221-224; Brown, Delmer et al. (1979). Gukanshō, p. 340; Varley, H. Paul. (1980). Jinnō Shōtōki. p. 221.
^ Brown, p. 340.
^ Titsingh, p. 223; Mass, Jeffrey. (1976) The Kamakura Bakufu: A Study in Documents, p. 158.
^ Titsingh, p. 224.

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