Karyaku
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Karyaku (嘉暦?) was a Japanese era name (年号, nengō,?, lit. "year name") after Shōchū and before Gentoku. This period spanned the years from 1326 to 1329. The reigning Emperor was Go-Daigo-tennō (後醍醐天皇?).[1]
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[edit] Change of era
- Karyaku gannen (嘉暦元年?); 1326: The new era name was created to mark an event or series of events. The previous era ended and the new one commenced in Shōchū 3.
[edit] Events of the Karyaku era
- Karyaku 1 (1326):
- Karyaku 1, on the 14th day of the 2nd month (March 8, 1326): There is a total eclipse of the moon.[2]
[edit] References
- Titsingh, Isaac, ed. (1834). [Siyun-sai Rin-siyo/Hayashi Gahō, 1652] Nipon o daï itsi ran; ou, Annales des empereurs du Japon, tr. par M. Isaac Titsingh avec l'aide de plusieurs interprètes attachés au comptoir hollandais de Nangasaki; ouvrage re., complété et cor. sur l'original japonais-chinois, accompagné de notes et précédé d'un Aperçu d'histoire mythologique du Japon, par M. J. Klaproth. Paris: Oriental Translation Fund of Great Britain and Ireland....Click link for digitized, full-text copy of this book (in French)
- Varley, H. Paul , ed. (1980). [ Kitabatake Chikafusa, 1359], Jinnō Shōtōki ("A Chronicle of Gods and Sovereigns: Jinnō Shōtōki of Kitabatake Chikafusa" translated by H. Paul Varley). New York: Columbia University Press. ISBN 0-231-04940-4
- Xu, Zhentao and David W. Pankenier, Yaotiao Jiang. (2000). East-Asian Archaeoastronomy: Historical Records of Astronomical Observations of China, Japan and Korea. London: CRC Press. ISBN 9-0569-9302-X
[edit] External links
- National Diet Library, "The Japanese Calendar" -- historical overview plus illustrative images from library's collection
| Karyaku | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th |
| Gregorian | 1326 | 1327 | 1328 | 1329 |
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