Tokuji

Tokuji
徳治
Tokuji 徳治
December 1306 – October 1308
	Letter written by the former Emperor Go-Uda in February 1308, praying for the prosperity of Tō-ji temple.
Location	Japan
Monarch(s)	Emperor Go-Nijō (to September 1308); Emperor Hanazono (from September 1308)
Kagen	Enkyō

Tokuji (徳治) was a Japanese era name (年号, nengō, lit. "year name") after Kagen and before Enkyō. This period spanned the years from December 1306 through October 1308.^[1] The reigning emperor was Go-Nijō-tennō (後二条天皇).^[2]

Change of era

1306 Tokuji gannen (徳治元年): The new era name was created to timestamp events or series of events. The previous era ended and the new one commenced in Kagen 4. The era name is derived from the Zuo Zhuan (4th century BC) and combines the characters 徳 ("benevolence, virtue") and 治 ("govern, reign").

Events of the Tokuji era

1308 (Tokuji 3, 8th month): In the 8th year of Go-Nijo-tennō's reign (後二条天皇8年), the emperor died at the young age of 24; and the succession (senso) was received by his cousin. Shortly thereafter, Emperor Hanazono is said to have acceded to the throne (sokui).^[3]
1308 (Tokuji 3, 10th month): The nengō was changed to Enkyō with the accession of Emperor Hanazono.^[4]

Notes

^ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Tokuji" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 980, p. 980, at Google Books; n.b., Louis-Frédéric is pseudonym of Louis-Frédéric Nussbaum, see Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Authority File Archived 2012-05-24 at archive.today.
^ Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du Japon, pp. 275-278; Varley, H. Paul. Jinnō Shōtōki, p. 239.
^ Titsingh, p. 278; Varley, p. 44; a distinct act of senso is unrecognized prior to Emperor Tenji; and all sovereigns except Jitō, Yōzei, Go-Toba, and Fushimi have senso and sokui in the same year until the reign of Emperor Go-Murakami.
^ Varley, p. 240.

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 978-0-231-04940-5; OCLC 6042764

External links

National Diet Library, "The Japanese Calendar" -- historical overview plus illustrative images from library's collection

Preceded by Kagen	Era or nengō Tokuji 1306–1308	Succeeded by Enkyō

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[1] Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Tokuji" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 980, p. 980, at Google Books; n.b., Louis-Frédéric is pseudonym of Louis-Frédéric Nussbaum, see Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Authority File Archived 2012-05-24 at archive.today.

[2] Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du Japon, pp. 275-278; Varley, H. Paul. Jinnō Shōtōki, p. 239.

[3] Titsingh, p. 278; Varley, p. 44; a distinct act of senso is unrecognized prior to Emperor Tenji; and all sovereigns except Jitō, Yōzei, Go-Toba, and Fushimi have senso and sokui in the same year until the reign of Emperor Go-Murakami.

[4] Varley, p. 240.

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