Glossary

Shōtoku

正徳

Term · calendar

Japanese era name (正徳) for the years 1711–1716: 1711 is Shōtoku 1 (元年) and Shōtoku 6 is 1716. Shōtoku (正徳) is a Japanese era name (nengō), proclaimed in 1711. Its years are counted in lunar years from the new year before the proclamation: 1711 is Shōtoku 1 (元年), 1716 its last year, Shōtoku 6. A Japanese source dates a year within it as “Shōtoku 2” (正徳2年) rather than by a continuous count. Before: Hōei. After: Kyōhō.