Shōka (era)

"Shōka" was also the Japanese name for Changhua City, Taiwan, while "Shoka" is the foreshortened name of the town of Shokat as-Sufi in the Gaza Strip.

Shōka (正嘉) was a Japanese era name (年号, nengō; lit. "year name") after Kōgen and before Shōgen. This period spanned the years from March 1257 to March 1259.^[1] The reigning emperor was Go-Fukakusa-tennō (後深草天皇).^[2]

Change of era

• 1257 Shōka gannen (正嘉元年): 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 Kōgen 2.

Events of the Shōka era

• 1257 (Shōka 1): A major epidemic.^[3]