Ōan


Ōan, also romanized as Ō-an, was a Japanese era name of the Northern Court during the Era of Northern and Southern Courts after Jōji and before Eiwa. This period spanned the years from February 1368 through February 1375. The emperors in Kyoto were Emperor Go-Kōgon and Emperor Go-En'yū The Southern Court rival in Yoshino during this time-frame was Emperor Chōkei.

Nanboku-chō overview

During the Meiji period, an Imperial decree dated March 3, 1911 established that the legitimate reigning monarchs of this period were the direct descendants of Emperor Go-Daigo through Emperor Go-Murakami, whose Southern Court had been established in exile in Yoshino, near Nara.
Until the end of the Edo period, the militarily superior pretender-Emperors supported by the Ashikaga shogunate had been mistakenly incorporated in Imperial chronologies despite the undisputed fact that the Imperial [Regalia of Japan|Imperial Regalia] were not in their possession.
This illegitimate Northern Court had been established in Kyoto by Ashikaga Takauji.

Change of era

  • 1368, also called Ōan gannen: The new era name was created to mark an event or series of events. The previous era ended and the new one commenced in Jōji 7.
In this time frame, Shōhei, Kentoku and Bunchū were Southern Court equivalent ''nengō.''

Events of the Ōan era