Glossary

Chōroku

長禄

Term · calendar

Japanese era name (長禄) for the years 1457–1460: 1457 is Chōroku 1 (元年) and Chōroku 4 is 1460. Chōroku (長禄) is a Japanese era name (nengō), proclaimed in 1457. Its years are counted in lunar years from the new year before the proclamation: 1457 is Chōroku 1 (元年), 1460 its last year, Chōroku 4. A Japanese source dates a year within it as “Chōroku 2” (長禄2年) rather than by a continuous count. Before: Kōshō. After: Kanshō.