Shohei Itto - Shohei Itto

Japanese: 正平一統 - しょうへいいっとう

The Northern and Southern Courts were temporarily united during the Shōhei era (1346-70) of the Nanboku-chō period. During the Kan'ō Disturbance, Ashikaga Takauji made a temporary peace agreement with the Southern Court from 1351 (Shōhei 6 | Kan'ō 2) to the following year in order to pursue his younger brother Tadayoshi, and as a result, the Northern Court emperor was temporarily dethroned and the era name was unified under the Southern Court era name (Shōhei). In the midst of the conflict between the shogunate, the Northern Court, and the Southern Court, the Kan'ō Disturbance, which began with a conflict between Tadayoshi and Takauji's steward, Takanori Moronao, divided the country into three. However, in order to secure Takauji's backing and pursue Tadayoshi in the eastern provinces, he made a peace agreement with the Southern Court in October 1351, and the following month he abolished the Northern Court era name (Kan'ō) and adopted the Southern Court era name (Shōhei) to show his submission, and Emperor Sukō and Crown Prince Naohito of the Northern Court were dethroned.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

南北朝期の正平年間(1346‐70)に一時的に南北朝が合体したこと。足利尊氏は観応の擾乱（じようらん）に際し，弟直義追討のため1351年(正平6∥観応2)から翌年にかけて一時的に南朝と和議を結び，そのため北朝の天皇が一時廃位され，年号も南朝年号〈正平〉に統一された。幕府･北朝と南朝との対立抗争のさなか，直義と尊氏の執事高師直との対立に端を発した観応の擾乱によって天下は三分された形となったが，尊氏は背後を固めて東国の直義追討にあたるため1351年10月南朝と和議を結び，翌月には北朝年号〈観応〉を廃し南朝年号〈正平〉を用いて恭順の意を表し，北朝の崇光天皇，皇太子直仁親王は廃された。

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