was a after '' Bunryaku'' and before ''

Ryakunin was a after '' Katei'' and before '' En'ō.'' This period spanned the years from November 1238 to April 1239. The reigning emperor was .Titsingh, Isaac. (1834) ''Annales des empereurs du Japon'', pp. 242-244 Varley, H. Paul. (1980). ''Jinnō Sh ...

.'' 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). ''Jinnō Shōtōki.'' p. 227.

Change of era

* 1235 : The era name was changed to mark an event or a number of events. The previous era ended and a new one commenced in ''Bunryaku'' 2.

Events of the ''Katei'' Era

* 1235 (''Katei 1, 11th month''):

Kujō Yoritsune , also known as , was the fourth ''shōgun'' of the Kamakura shogunate of Japan. His father was '' kanpaku'' Kujō Michiie and his grandmother was a niece of Minamoto no Yoritomo. His wife was a granddaughter of Minamoto no Yoritomo and daughter o ...

is raised to the second rank of the second class in the court hierarchy (the ''dōjō kuge'').Titsingh
p. 243.
/ref> * 1236 (''Katei 2, 7th month''): Yoritsune is raised to the first rank of the second class in the ''dōjō kuge''. * 1237 (''Katei 3, 8th month''): Yoritsune ordered the building of a mansion in the Rokuhara section of Kyoto.

Notes

References

* Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric and Käthe Roth. (2005)
''Japan encyclopedia.''
Cambridge:

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* 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 Columbia University Press is a university press based in New York City, and affiliated with Columbia University. It is currently directed by Jennifer Crewe (2014–present) and publishes titles in the humanities and sciences, including the fiel ...

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OCLC 6042764

External links

* National Diet Library, "The Japanese Calendar
-- historical overview plus illustrative images from library's collection
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