Glossary

Gentoku

元徳

Term · calendar

Japanese era name (元徳) for the years 1329–1331: 1329 is Gentoku 1 (元年) and Gentoku 3 is 1331. Gentoku (元徳) is a Japanese era name (nengō), proclaimed in 1329. Its years are counted in lunar years from the new year before the proclamation: 1329 is Gentoku 1 (元年), 1331 its last year, Gentoku 3. A Japanese source dates a year within it as “Gentoku 2” (元徳2年) rather than by a continuous count. Before: Karyaku. After: Genkō.