also: じょうおう
noun
Shōō era; Jōō era
Japanese era name (年号) spanning 1652–1655. The reading しょうおう is standard; じょうおう is a less common variant.
承応年間に江戸で大火があった。
There was a great fire in Edo during the Shōō era.
この文書は承応二年のものだ。
This document is from the second year of the Shōō era.
The era name 承応 (Shōō/Jōō) was adopted in the Edo period. The exact derivation is uncertain; it follows the traditional practice of selecting auspicious characters for era names.