Glossary

Shōō

正応

Term · calendar

Japanese era name (正応) for the years 1288–1292: 1288 is Shōō 1 (元年) and Shōō 5 is 1292. Shōō (正応) is a Japanese era name (nengō), proclaimed in 1288. Its years are counted in lunar years from the new year before the proclamation: 1288 is Shōō 1 (元年), 1292 its last year, Shōō 5. A Japanese source dates a year within it as “Shōō 2” (正応2年) rather than by a continuous count. Before: Kōan. After: Einin.