Editing Ryakunin

{{Short description|Period of Japanese history (1238–1239 CE)}}
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{{nihongo|'''Ryakunin'''|暦仁|}} was a {{nihongo|[[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.<ref>Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "''Ryakunin''" in [https://books.google.com/books?id=p2QnPijAEmEC&pg=PA796  ''Japan encyclopedia'', p. 796]; n.b., Louis-Frédéric is pseudonym of Louis-Frédéric Nussbaum, ''see'' [http://dispatch.opac.ddb.de/DB=4.1/PPN?PPN=128842709 Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Authority File] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20120524174828/http://dispatch.opac.ddb.de/DB=4.1/PPN?PPN=128842709 |date=2012-05-24 }}.</ref> The reigning emperor was {{nihongo|[[Emperor Shijō|Shijō]]''-tennō''|四条天皇}}.<ref>Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). [https://books.google.com/books?id=18oNAAAAIAAJ&dq=nipon+o+dai+itsi+ran&pg=PP9  ''Annales des empereurs du Japon'', pp. 242-244]; Varley, H. Paul. (1980). ''Jinnō Shōtōki.'' p. 227.</ref>

==Change of era==
* '''1238''' {{nihongo|''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 [[Kyoto#Name|Miyako]], accompanied by Yaskutoki and the troupes of several provinces. Fujiwara no Yukimitis stays at Kamakura to preserve order in the land.<ref name="t243">Titsingh, [https://books.google.com/books?id=18oNAAAAIAAJ&dq=nipon+o+dai+itsi+ran&pg=PP9 p. 243.]</ref>
* '''1238''' (''Ryakunin 1, 2nd month''): Yoritsune arrives in Miyako and begins to live in his new palace at Rokuhara.<ref name="t244">Titsingh, [https://books.google.com/books?id=18oNAAAAIAAJ&dq=nipon+o+dai+itsi+ran&pg=PP9  p. 244.]</ref>
* '''1238''' (''Ryakunin 1, 10th month''): Yoritsune leaves Miyako to return to Kamakura.<ref name="t244"/>

==Notes==
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==References==
* Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric and Käthe Roth. (2005). [https://books.google.com/books?id=p2QnPijAEmEC  ''Japan encyclopedia.''] Cambridge: [[Harvard University Press]]. {{ISBN|978-0-674-01753-5}}; [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/58053128?referer=di&ht=edition  OCLC 58053128]
* [[Isaac Titsingh|Titsingh, Isaac.]] (1834). ''[[Nihon Odai Ichiran]]''; ou, [https://books.google.com/books?id=18oNAAAAIAAJ&q=nipon+o+dai+itsi+ran  ''Annales des empereurs du Japon.'']  Paris: Royal Asiatic Society, Oriental Translation Fund of Great Britain and Ireland. [https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/5850691 OCLC 5850691]
* [[H. Paul Varley|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}}; [https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/6042764  OCLC 6042764]

==External links==
* [[National Diet Library]], "The Japanese Calendar" [http://www.ndl.go.jp/koyomi/e/ -- historical overview plus illustrative images from library's collection]

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