Meitoku

Meitoku (明徳) was a Japanese era name (年号, nengō, lit. year name) of the Northern Court during the Nanboku-chō period after Kōō and before Ōei. This period started in March 1390 and ended in July 1394.^[1] After October 1392, Meitoku replaced the Southern Court's nengō (Genchū).^[2] The pretender in Kyoto was Emperor Go-Komatsu (後小松天皇, Go-Komatsu-tennō)^[3] Go-Komatsu's Southern Court rival in Yoshino until 1392 was Emperor Go-Kameyama (後亀山天皇, Go-Kameyama-tennō)..^[4]

1. ↑ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Meitoku" in Japan encyclopedia, p. 625.
2. ↑ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Genchū" at p. 236.
3. ↑ Nussbaum, "Go-Komatsu Tennō," p. 255; Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du japon, pp. 317-320.
4. ↑ Nussbaum, "Go-Kameyama Tennō," pp. 254-255.