was a after Bun'an and before Kyotoku

Kyotoku

was a after Hōtoku and before Kosho. This period spanned the years from July 1452 through July 1455. The reigning emperor was .-Change of era:* 1452 : The era name was changed to mark an event or a number of events...

. This period spanned the years from July 1449 through July 1452. The reigning emperor was .

Change of era

• 1449 : The era name was changed to mark an event or a number of events. The previous era ended and a new one commenced in 1449 (Bun'an 6.)

The first year of Hotoku began on the 28th day of the 7th month. On the 10th day, the era name would still have been Bun'an 6.

Events of the Hōtoku era

• May 8, 1449 (Hōtoku 1, 16th day of the 4th month): Shogun Yoshinari
  Ashikaga Yoshimasa
  was the 8th shogun of the Ashikaga shogunate who reigned from 1449 to 1473 during the Muromachi period of Japan. Yoshimasa was the son of the sixth shogun Ashikaga Yoshinori....
  
   is honored by the emperor with the gift of a sword.
• 1451 (Hōtoku 3, 7th month ): A delegation from the Ryukyu Islands
  Ryukyu Islands
  The , also known as the , is a chain of islands in the western Pacific, on the eastern limit of the East China Sea and to the southwest of the island of Kyushu in Japan. From about 1829 until the mid 20th century, they were alternately called Luchu, Loochoo, or Lewchew, akin to the Mandarin...
  
   arrives for the first time in Heian-kyō
  Heian-kyo
  Heian-kyō , was one of several former names for the city now known as Kyoto. It was the capital of Japan for over one thousand years, from 794 to 1868 with an interruption in 1180....
  
   (Kyoto
  Kyoto
  is a city in the central part of the island of Honshū, Japan. It has a population close to 1.5 million. Formerly the imperial capital of Japan, it is now the capital of Kyoto Prefecture, as well as a major part of the Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto metropolitan area.-History:...
  
  ). Mention of this diplomatic event is among the first of its type to be published in the West in an 1832 French version of by Hayashi Shihei
  Hayashi Shihei
  was a Japanese military scholar and a retainer of the Sendai Domain.His name is sometimes misread as Rin Shihei....
  
  .
• 1451 (Hōtoku 3, 8th month ): Sogun Yoshihori causes a letter to be sent to the Emperor of China.

Appreciation for the waka poetry of Shōtetsu

Shotetsu

Shōtetsu was a Japanese poet during the Muromachi period, and is considered to have been the last poet in the courtly waka tradition ; a number of his disciples were important in the development of the renga art form, which led to the haiku....

 and Shinkei was noteworthy during this era.

External links

• National Diet Library
  National Diet Library
  The is the only national library in Japan. It was established in 1948 for the purpose of assisting members of the in researching matters of public policy. The library is similar in purpose and scope to the U.S...
  
  , "The Japanese Calendar" -- historical overview plus illustrative images from library's collection

Hōtoku	1st	2nd	3rd	4th
Gregorian Gregorian calendar The Gregorian calendar, also known as the Western calendar, or Christian calendar, is the internationally accepted civil calendar. It was introduced by Pope Gregory XIII, after whom the calendar was named, by a decree signed on 24 February 1582, a papal bull known by its opening words Inter...	1449	1450	1451	1452

Preceded by: Bun'an

Era or nengō Japanese era name The Japanese era calendar scheme is a common calendar scheme used in Japan, which identifies a year by the combination of the and the year number within the era... : Hōtoku

Succeeded by: Kyōtoku Kyotoku was a after Hōtoku and before Kosho. This period spanned the years from July 1452 through July 1455. The reigning emperor was .-Change of era:* 1452 : The era name was changed to mark an event or a number of events...