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was a after Shōka and before ''Bun'ō.'' This period spanned the years from March 1259 through April 1260. The reigning emperors were and .

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Country
Japan
Followed by
Bun'ō
Follows
Shōka
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start time
1259-03-00
end time
1260-04-00
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was a after Shōka and before ''Bun'ō. This period spanned the years from March 1259 through April 1260. The reigning emperors were and .

==Change of era== 1259 : The new era name was created to mark an event or a number of events. The years of the Shōgen era were part of a period marked by famine and epidemics; and the era name was changed in quick succession in the hope that this might bring the period to a close. The previous era ended and a new one commenced in Shōka 3.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Shōgen” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.