Glossary

Shōan

正安

Term · calendar

Japanese era name (正安) for the years 1299–1301: 1299 is Shōan 1 (元年) and Shōan 3 is 1301. Shōan (正安) is a Japanese era name (nengō), proclaimed in 1299. Its years are counted in lunar years from the new year before the proclamation: 1299 is Shōan 1 (元年), 1301 its last year, Shōan 3. A Japanese source dates a year within it as “Shōan 2” (正安2年) rather than by a continuous count. Before: Einin. After: Kengen.