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Genryaku was a after ''Juei'' and before '' Bunji.'' This period spanned the years from April 1184 through August 1185. The reigning emperors were and . Change of era * 1184 : The new era name was created to mark an event or a number of events. The p ...

'' and before ''

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.'' This period spanned the years from August 1185 through April 1190. The reigning emperor was .

Change of era

* 1185 : The new era name was created to mark an event or a number of events. The previous era ended and a new one commenced in ''Genryaku'' 2, on the 16th day of the 4th month of 1184.Brown, p. 337.

Events of the ''Bunji'' era

* 1185 (''Bunji 1, 29th day of the 11th month''): The court formally approves of establishment of a shogunate government at

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in the

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.Kitagawa, p. 787. * 1186 (''Bunji 2, 4th month''):

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visits Kenrei-mon In, mother of the late

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and last Imperial survivor of the

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, at her humble retreat in the nunnery of , near ,

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Notes

References

* Brown, Delmer and Ichiro Ishida. (1979). ''The Future and the Past: a translation and study of the 'Gukanshō', an interpretative history of Japan written in 1219.'' Berkeley:

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* Kitagawa, Hiroshi and Bruce T. Tsuchida, eds. (1975). ''

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.'' Tokyo:

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