Kōshō (康正, Kōshō^?) was a Japanese era name (年号,, nengō,^?, lit. "year name") after Kyōtoku and before Chōroku. This period spanned the years from 1455 through 1457. The reigning emperor was Go-Hanazono-tennō (後花園天皇, Go-Hanazono-tennō^?).^[1]

Change of Era

• Kōshō gannen (康正元年, Kōshō gannen^?); 1455: The era name was changed to mark an event or a number of events.

Events of the Kōshō era

• Kōshō 1 (1455):
• Kōshō 2, in the 3rd month (1456): Ashikaga Yoshimasa visited Iwashimizu Shrine; and all the officials of the Daijō-kan joined him in going there.^[2]
• Kōshō 2, in the 8th month (1456): The father of Emperor Go-Hanazono, Fushimi-no-miya-shinnō Sadafusa, died at age 85.^[3]

References

• Titsingh, Isaac, ed. (1834). [Siyun-sai Rin-siyo, 1652], Nipon o daï itsi ran; ou, Annales des empereurs du Japon, tr. par M. Isaac Titsingh vec l'aide de plusieurs interprètes attachés au comptoir hollandais de Nangasaki; ouvrage re., complété et cor. sur l'original japonais-chinois, accompagné de notes et précédé d'un Aperçu d'histoire mythologique du Japon, par M. J. Klaproth. Paris.\: Oriental Translation Fund of Great Britain and Ireland.... Click link to digitized, full-text copy of this book (in French)

External links

• National Diet Library, "The Japanese Calendar" -- historical overview plus illustrative images from library's collection

Kōshō	1st	2nd	3rd
Gregorian	1455	1456	1457

Preceded by: Kyōtoku

Era name: Kōshō

Succeeded by: Chōroku

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