Shōchū (era)

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]

Shōchū 元亨
December 1324 – April 1326
Genkō Karyaku
Emperor Go-Daigo
Location	Japan
Monarch(s)	Emperor Go-Daigo

Change of era

• 1324 Shōchū 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]