The Japanese era name (Japanese: 年号, Hepburn: nengō, "year name") or gengō (元号), is the first of the two elements that identify years in the Japanese era...

Shōchū (正中) was a Japanese era name (年号, nengō, lit. "year name") after Genkō and before Karyaku. This period spanned the years from December 1324 to...