Tokuji

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. The reigning emperor was Go-Nijō-tennō(後二条天皇).

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).
• 1308 (Tokuji 3, 10th month): The nengō was changed to Enkyō with the accession of Emperor Hanazono.

Notes

• Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric and Käthe Roth. (2005). Cambridge: Harvard University Press. ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5;
• Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Nihon Odai Ichiran; ou, Paris: Royal Asiatic Society, Oriental Translation Fund of Great Britain and Ireland.
• 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;

External links

• National Diet Library, "The Japanese Calendar"