Glossary

Gen'ō

元応

Term · calendar

Japanese era name (元応) for the years 1319–1321: 1319 is Gen'ō 1 (元年) and Gen'ō 3 is 1321. Gen’ō (元応) is a Japanese era name (nengō), proclaimed in 1319. Its years are counted in lunar years from the new year before the proclamation: 1319 is Gen’ō 1 (元年), 1321 its last year, Gen’ō 3. A Japanese source dates a year within it as “Gen’ō 2” (元応2年) rather than by a continuous count. Before: Bunpō. After: Genkō.