Kannō

Kannō (観応), also sometimes romanized as Kan'ō, was a Japanese era name (年号, nengō, lit. year name) of the Northern Court during the Nanboku-chō period after Jōwa and before Bunna. This period started in February 1350 and ended in September 1352.^[1] The emperor in Kyoto was Emperor Sukō (崇光天皇, Sukō-tennō).^[2] Sukō's Southern Court rival in Yoshino during this time was Emperor Go-Murakami (後村上天皇, Go-Murakami-tennō).^[3]

Events of the Kannō era

• 1350 (Kannō 1, 10th month): Yoshinori guarded Kyoto.^[4]

• 1350–1352 (Kannō 2–3): Armed conflict, variously known as the Kannō disturbance or Kannō incident (観応擾乱, Kannō Jōran) or Kannō no Juran.^[5]

• 1352 (Enbun 3, 2nd month): Emperor Go-Murakami captured former-emperors Kōgon, Kōmyō and Sukō; and they were permitted to return to Kyoto in 1357 (Enbun 2, 2nd month).^[6]

Southern Court nengō

• Shōhei, 1346–1370

Related pages

• Muromachi period