was a

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after '' Karyaku'' and before '' Genkō.'' This period spanned the years from August 1329 through April 1331 in the Southern Court, but continued to be used in the Northern Court until 1332. The reigning Emperor was .

Change of era

* 1329 : The new era name was created to mark an event or series of events. The previous era ended and the new one commenced in ''Karyaku'' 4.

Events of the ''Gentoku'' era

* March 27, 1330 (''Gentoku 2, 8th day of the 3rd month''): The Emperor visited

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and Kōfuku-ji in

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.McCullough, Helen Craig. (2004). ''The Taiheiki'', p.28.

Notes

References

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

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* Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). ''

Nihon Odai Ichiran Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asian mainland, it is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan and extends from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea in t ...

''; 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:

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OCLC 6042764

External links

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