1368

North: Jôji 7 (貞治七年) / Ôan 1 (応安元年); South: Shôhei 23 (正平二十三年)

Other Events of 1368

• Ashikaga Yoshimitsu becomes Shogun.
• Emperor Chôkei succeeds his father, Emperor Go-Murakami, in the Southern Court.
• The Maniwanen-ryû school of bujutsu is founded.
• Zhu Yuanzhang overthows the Mongol Yuan dynasty government and takes the throne as the Hongwu Emperor in China, beginning the Ming dynasty.
  • The Hongwu Emperor sends his first envoy to Japan, asking the local authorities to take action to suppress wakô activity and to pay tribute to the Ming. The envoy is captured and killed by wakô in the Gotô Islands before reaching Japan proper.

Births and Deaths

• Emperor Go-Murakami dies.

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