, also romanized as Bunreki, was a after ''

Tenpuku , also romanized as Tempuku, was a after '' Jōei'' and before '' Bunryaku.'' This period spanned the years from April 1233 to November 1234. The reigning emperor was . Change of era * 1233 : The era name was changed to mark an event or a numb ...

'' and before ''

Katei was a after '' Bunryaku'' and before ''Ryakunin.'' This period spanned the years from September 1235 to November 1238. The reigning emperor was .Titsingh, Isaac. (1834) ''Annales des empereurs du Japon'', pp. 242-243 Varley, H. Paul. (1980). '' ...

.'' This period spanned the years from November 1234 to September 1235. The reigning emperor was .

Change of era

* 1234 : The era name was changed to mark an event or a number of events. The previous era ended and a new one commenced in ''Tenpuku'' 2.

Events of the ''Bunryaku'' Era

* 1234 (''Bunryaku 1, 12th month''): Kujō Yoritsune is raised to the first rank of the third class in the court hierarchy (the ''dōjō

kuge The was a Japanese aristocratic class that dominated the Japanese Imperial Court in Kyoto. The ''kuge'' were important from the establishment of Kyoto as the capital during the Heian period in the late 8th century until the rise of the Kamakur ...

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p. 243.
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Notes

References

* Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric and Käthe Roth. (2005)
''Japan encyclopedia.''
Cambridge: Harvard University Press.
OCLC 58053128
* Isaac Titsingh, 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
* H. Paul Varley, Varley, H. Paul. (1980). ''A Chronicle of Gods and Sovereigns: Jinnō Shōtōki of Kitabatake Chikafusa.'' New York: Columbia University Press.
OCLC 6042764

External links

* National Diet Library, "The Japanese Calendar
-- historical overview plus illustrative images from library's collection
Japanese eras 1230s in Japan {{Japan-era-stub