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The Northern Court (北朝, hokuchō) in Japan was a set of six pretenders to the throne of Japan during the Nanboku-chō period from 1336 through 1392.^[1]

• Emperor Kōgon, 1331–1333^[2]
• Emperor Kōmyō, 1336–1348^[3]
• Emperor Sukō, 1348–1351^[4]
• Emperor Go-Kōgon, 1352–1371^[5]
• Emperor Go-En'yū, 1371–1382^[6]
• Emperor Go-Komatsu, 1382–1412^[7]

After 1392, Go-Komatsu was the 100th emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession..^[1]

During the Nanboku-chō period, the Northern Court pretenders recognized 19 Japanese era names (年号, nengō, lit. year names), including

1. Gentoku, 1329–1332
2. Shōkyō, 1332–1334
3. Kemmu, 1334–1338
4. Ryakuō, 1338–1342
5. Kōei, 1342–1345
6. Jōwa, 1345–1350
7. Kannō, 1350–1352
8. Bunna, 1352–1356
9. Enbun, 1356–1361
10. Kōan, 1361–1362
11. Jōji, 1362–1368
12. Ōan, 1368–1375
13. Eiwa, 1375–1379
14. Kōryaku, 1379–1381
15. Eitoku, 1381–1384
16. Shitoku, 1384–1387
17. Kakei, 1387–1389
18. Kōō, 1389–1390
19. Meitoku, 1390–1394

• Southern Court
• List of emperors of Japan
• Japanese era name

Media related to Nambokucho period at Wikimedia Commons

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

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