Ryakunin

Ryakunin (暦仁) was a Japanese era name (年号, nengō, lit. "year name") after Katei and before En'ō. This period spanned the years from November 1238 to April 1239.^[1] The reigning emperor was Shijō-tennō (四条天皇).^[2]

Change of era

• 1238 Ryakunin gannen (暦仁元年): The era name was changed to mark an event or a number of events. The previous era ended and a new one commenced in Katei 4.

Events of the Ryakunin Era

• 1238 (Ryakunin 1, 1st month): Yoritsune leaves Kamakura en route to Miyako, accompanied by Yaskutoki and the troupes of several provinces. Fujiwara no Yukimitis stays at Kamakura to preserve order in the land.^[3]
• 1238 (Ryakunin 1, 2nd month): Yoritsune arrives in Miyako and begins to live in his new palace at Rokuhara.^[4]
• 1238 (Ryakunin 1, 10th month): Yoritsune leaves Miyako to return to Kamakura.^[4]

Notes

1. Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Ryakunin" in Japan encyclopedia, p. 796; 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. 242-244; Varley, H. Paul. (1980). Jinnō Shōtōki. p. 227.
3. Titsingh, p. 243.
4. Titsingh, p. 244.

References

• 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 978-0-231-04940-5; OCLC 6042764

External links

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

Preceded by Katei

Era or nengō Ryakunin 1238–1239

Succeeded by En'ō