Glossary

Shōji

正治

Term · calendar

Japanese era name (正治) for the years 1199–1200: 1199 is Shōji 1 (元年) and Shōji 2 is 1200. Shōji (正治) is a Japanese era name (nengō), proclaimed in 1199. Its years are counted in lunar years from the new year before the proclamation: 1199 is Shōji 1 (元年), 1200 its last year, Shōji 2. A Japanese source dates a year within it as “Shōji 2” (正治2年) rather than by a continuous count. Before: Kenkyū. After: Kennin.