Shogen
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Shōgen (正元) was a Japanese era name. Shōgen came after Shōka and before Bun'o and spanned from 1259 to 1260. Reigning emperors were Go-Fukakusa and Kameyama.
The Shōgen era was in a period marked by famine and epidemics and the era name was changed twice in short succession in the hope that this might bring them to a close[1] (http://www.nsglobalnet.jp/page/d_and_p/chapter_3.htm).
Shōgen is also an alternative pronunciation of the name of the Jōgen era (1207–1211).
