Shōwa (正和?) was a Japanese era name (年号,? nengō,, lit. "year number") after Ōchō and before Bunpō. This period spanned the years from March 1312 through February 1317. The reigning emperor was Hanazono-tennō (花園天皇?).
Initially, former-Emperor Fushimi administered the court up through the time he took the tonsure as a Buddhist monk.