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Karoku

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Karoku (嘉禄) was a Japanese era name (年号, nengō, lit. "year name") after Gennin and before Antei. This period spanned the years from April 1225 to December 1227.[1] The reigning emperor was Go-Horikawa-tennō (後堀河天皇).[2]

Change of era

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  • 1225 Karoku gannen (嘉禄元年): The era name was changed to mark an event or a number of events. The previous era ended and a new one commenced in Gennin 2.

Events of the Karoku Era

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Notes

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  1. ^ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Karoku" in Japan encyclopedia, p. 483; n.b., Louis-Frédéric is pseudonym of Louis-Frédéric Nussbaum, see Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Authority File Archived 2012-05-24 at archive.today.
  2. ^ Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du Japon, pp. 238-240; Varley, H. Paul. (1980). Jinnō Shōtōki. pp. 226-227.
  3. ^ a b c Titsingh, p. 240.

References

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  • Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric and Käthe Roth. (2005). Japan encyclopedia. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5; OCLC 58053128
  • 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. ISBN 9780231049405; OCLC 6042764
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Preceded by Era or nengō
Karoku

1225–1227
Succeeded by