Glossary

Shōkyō

正慶

Term · calendar

Japanese era name (正慶) for the years 1332–1333: 1332 is Shōkyō 1 (元年) and Shōkyō 2 is 1333. Shōkyō (正慶) is a Japanese era name (nengō), proclaimed in 1332. Its years are counted in lunar years from the new year before the proclamation: 1332 is Shōkyō 1 (元年), 1333 its last year, Shōkyō 2. A Japanese source dates a year within it as “Shōkyō 2” (正慶2年) rather than by a continuous count. Before: Genkō. After: Kemmu.