Shuchō

Shuchō (朱鳥), alternatively read as Suchō or Akamitori, was a Japanese era name (年号, nengō; "year name") after a gap following Hakuchi (650–654) and before another gap lasting until Taihō (701–704). This Shuchō period briefly spanned a period of mere months, June through September 686. The reigning sovereigns were Tenmu-tennō (天武天皇) and Jitō-tennō (持統天皇).