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Karoku(Gia lộc)was aJapanese era name(Niên hào,nengō,lit. "year name" )afterGenninand beforeAntei.This period spanned the years from April 1225 to December 1227.[1]The reigning emperor wasGo-Horikawa-tennō(Hậu quật hà thiên hoàng).[2]
Change of era
[edit]- 1225Karoku gannen(Gia lộc nguyên niên):The era name was changed to mark an event or a number of events. The previous era ended and a new one commenced inGennin2.
Events of theKarokuEra
[edit]- 1225(Karoku 1, 11th month): AtKamakura,Kujō Yoritsune's coming of age ceremonies took place at age 8; but control of all bakufu affairs remained entirely in the hands ofHōjō Yasutoki,the regent (shikken).[3]
- 1225(Karoku 1, 12th month):Emperor Go-Horikawawent in formal procession toIwashimizu Hachiman-gūand to theKamo Shrines.[3]
- 1226(Karoku 2, 1st month): The Emperor raised Yoritsune to the first rank of the fifth class in the apex of artistocratic court hierarchy (thedōjōkuge).[3]
Notes
[edit]- ^Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Karoku"inJapan encyclopedia,p. 483;n.b., Louis-Frédéric is pseudonym of Louis-Frédéric Nussbaum,seeDeutsche Nationalbibliothek Authority FileArchived2012-05-24 atarchive.today.
- ^Titsingh, Isaac. (1834).Annales des empereurs du Japon,pp. 238-240;Varley, H. Paul. (1980).Jinnō Shōtōki.pp. 226-227.
- ^abcTitsingh,p. 240.
References
[edit]- Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric and Käthe Roth. (2005).Japan encyclopedia.Cambridge:Harvard University Press.ISBN978-0-674-01753-5;OCLC 58053128
- Titsingh, Isaac.(1834).Nihon Odai Ichiran;ou,Annales des empereurs du Japon.Paris: Royal Asiatic Society, Oriental Translation Fund of Great Britain and Ireland.OCLC 5850691
- Varley, H. Paul.(1980).A Chronicle of Gods and Sovereigns: Jinnō Shōtōki of Kitabatake Chikafusa.New York:Columbia University Press.ISBN9780231049405;OCLC 6042764
External links
[edit]- National Diet Library,"The Japanese Calendar"-- historical overview plus illustrative images from library's collection
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