Southern Court facts for kids

The Southern Court (南朝, Nanchō) in Japan was a set of four emperors during the Nanboku-chō period from 1336 through 1392.

List of monarchs

• Emperor Go-Daigo, 1318–1339
• Emperor Go-Murakami, 1339–1368
• Emperor Chōkei, 1368–1383
• Emperor Go-Kameyama, 1383–1392

After 1392, Go-Komatsu was the 100th emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession.

List of monarch-created eras

During the Nanboku-chō period, the Southern Court monarchs recognized 11 Japanese era names (年号, nengō, lit. year names), including

1. Gentoku, 1329–1331
2. Genkō, 1331–1334
3. Kemmu, 1334–1336
4. Engen, 1336–1340
5. Kōkoku, 1340–1346
6. Shōhei, 1346–1370
7. Kentoku, 1370–1372
8. Bunchū, 1372–1375
9. Tenju, 1375–1381
10. Kōwa, 1381–1384
11. Genchū, 1384–1392

Related pages

• Northern Court
• List of Emperors of Japan
• Japanese era name

• Metropolitan Museum of Art, Kamakura and Nanbokucho Periods (1185–1392), Muromachi Period (1392–1573)

See also

In Spanish: Corte del Sur para niños