Glossary

Jōkyū

承久

Term · calendar

Japanese era name (承久) for the years 1219–1222: 1219 is Jōkyū 1 (元年) and Jōkyū 4 is 1222. Jōkyū (承久) is a Japanese era name (nengō), proclaimed in 1219. Its years are counted in lunar years from the new year before the proclamation: 1219 is Jōkyū 1 (元年), 1222 its last year, Jōkyū 4. A Japanese source dates a year within it as “Jōkyū 2” (承久2年) rather than by a continuous count. Before: Kempo. After: Jōō.