Kentoku

Kentoku (建徳) was a Japanese era name (年号, nengō, lit. year name) of the Southern Court during the Nanboku-chō period after Shōhei and before Bunchū. The period started in July 1370 and ended in April 1372.^[1] The Southern Court monarch in Yoshino during this time was Emperor Chōkei (長慶天皇, Chōkei-tennō).^[2] The Northern Court pretender in Kyoto was Emperor Go-En'yū (後円融天皇, Go-En'yū-tennō).^[3]

Events of the Kentoku era

• 1370 (Kentoku 1): Imagawa Sadayo sent to subdue Kyūshū.^[4]

Northern Court nengō

• Ōan, 1368–1375

Related pages

• Muromachi period