Kōan (Muromachi period)


Kōan was a Japanese era name of the Northern Court during the Era of Northern and Southern Courts after Enbun and before Jōji. This period spanned the years from March 1361 through September 1362. The emperor in Kyoto was Emperor Go-Kōgon. Go-Kōgon's Southern Court rival in Yoshino during this time-frame was Emperor Go-Murakami

Nanboku-chō overview

During the Meiji period, an Imperial decree dated March 3, 1911 established that the legitimate reigning monarchs of this period were the direct descendants of Emperor Go-Daigo through Emperor Go-Murakami, whose Southern Court had been established in exile in Yoshino, near Nara.
Until the end of the Edo period, the militarily superior pretender-Emperors supported by the Ashikaga shogunate had been mistakenly incorporated in Imperial chronologies despite the undisputed fact that the Imperial Regalia were not in their possession.
This illegitimate Northern Court had been established in Kyoto by Ashikaga Takauji.

Change of era

In this time frame, Shōhei was a Southern Court equivalent nengō,

Events of the Kōan era