Glossary

Hōtoku

宝徳

Term · calendar

Japanese era name (宝徳) for the years 1449–1452: 1449 is Hōtoku 1 (元年) and Hōtoku 4 is 1452. Hōtoku (宝徳) is a Japanese era name (nengō), proclaimed in 1449. Its years are counted in lunar years from the new year before the proclamation: 1449 is Hōtoku 1 (元年), 1452 its last year, Hōtoku 4. A Japanese source dates a year within it as “Hōtoku 2” (宝徳2年) rather than by a continuous count. Before: Bun’an. After: Kyōtoku.