Kakei

Kakei was a Japanese era name of the Northern Court during the Era of Northern and Southern Courts after Shitoku and before Kōō. This period spanned the years from August 1387 to February 1389. The emperor in Kyoto was Emperor Go-Komatsu The Southern Court rival in Yoshino during this time-frame was Emperor Go-Kameyama.

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 were not in their possession.
This illegitimate Northern Court had been established in Kyoto by Ashikaga Takauji.

1387, also called Kakei 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 Shitoku 4.

In this time frame, Genchū was the Southern Court equivalent ''nengō.''

1387 : Nijō Yoshimoto is removed from his powerful position as sesshō and daijō daijin.
1387 : Konoe Kanetsugu is named sesshō.
1387-89 : Dissension develops in Toki family of Mino.
1388 : The sesshō Konoe Kanetsugu dies at age 29; and Yoshimoto re-assumes this role in the following month.
1388 : Yoshitomo dies at age 69; and his son Nijō Morotsugu succeeds him with the title of kampaku.
1389 -- Yoshimitsu pacifies Kyūshū and distributes lands; Yoshimitsu opposed by Kamakura kanrei Ashikaga Ujimitsu.