Gentoku
Japanese era from August 1329 to 1332 / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Gentoku (元徳) was a Japanese era name (年号, nengō, lit. year name) after Karyaku.[1]
Gentoku was a nengō of the Northern Court during the pre-Nanboku-chō period after Karyaku and before Shōkyō. This period started in August 1329[1] and ended in April 1332.[2]
In the Southern Court, but Gentoku lasted until only August 1331 when Genkō started.[3] After 1331, the pretender in Kyoto was Emperor Kōgon (光厳天皇, Kōgon-tennō).[4] Kōgon's Southern Court rival in Yoshino during this time was Emperor Go-Daigo (後醍醐天皇, Go-Diago-tennō).[5]