Kōji (Muromachi period) explained
was a after Tenbun and before Eiroku. This period spanned the years from October 1555 through February 1558.[1] Reigning emperors were and .[2]
Change of era
- 1555 : The era name was changed to mark an event or a number of events. The old era ended and a new once commenced in Tenbun 24.
The name originates from the following Chinese passage: 「祇承宝命、志弘治体」.
Events of the Kōji era
- 1555 (Kōji 1, 1st month): A border war began between Mōri Motonari, daimyō of Aki Province, and Sue Harukata, daimyō of Suō Province.[3]
- 1555 (Kōji 1, 11th month): The Mōri forces surrounded the Sue defenders in the Battle of Itsukushima. When the outcome of the battle became clear, Sue Harutaka committed suicide; and others, including Odomo-no Yoshinaga, followed Harutaka in suicide. This victory, and the subsequent consolidation of the Mōri holdings were owing to Motonari's four sons: Mōri Takamoto, Kikkawa Motoharu, Hoda Motokiyo, and Kobayakawa Takakage.[3]
- 1555 (Kōji 1): The forces of Takeda Shingen and Uesugi Kenshin met at the confluence of the Saigawa and the Chikumagawa in Shinano Province; and the fighting was known as the Battles of Kawanakajima.[4]
- 1556 (Kōji 2): The Ōmori silver mine fell into the control of the Mōri clan during a campaign in Iwami Province.[5]
- September 27, 1557 (Kōji 3, 5th day of the 9th month): Emperor Go-Nara died at age 62.[3]
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Notes and References
- Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Kōji" in Japan encyclopedia, p. 545; n.b., Louis-Frédéric is pseudonym of Louis-Frédéric Nussbaum, see Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Authority File .
- Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du japon, pp. 372–382.
- Titsingh, p. 382.
- Sansom, George. (1961) A History of Japan, 1334–1615, p. 246.
- Sansom, p. 257.
