was a after ''

Bunryaku , also romanized as Bunreki, was a after '' Tenpuku'' and before '' Katei.'' 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 ...

'' 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''):

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is raised to the second rank of the second class in the court hierarchy (the ''dōjō

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'').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.''
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* Varley, H. Paul. (1980). ''A Chronicle of Gods and Sovereigns: Jinnō Shōtōki of Kitabatake Chikafusa.'' New York:

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