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Katei

Katei (嘉禎) was a Japanese era name after Bunryaku and before Ryakunin. This period spanned the years from September 1235 to November 1238. The reigning emperor was Shijō-tennō (四条天皇).

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Katei (嘉禎) was a Japanese era name (年号, nengō; lit. "year name") after Bunryaku and before Ryakunin. This period spanned the years from September 1235 to November 1238.1 The reigning emperor was Shijō-tennō (四条天皇).2

Change of era

  • 1235 Katei gannen (嘉禎元年): The era name was changed to mark an event or a number of events. The previous era ended and a new one commenced in Bunryaku 2.

Events of the Katei Era

  • 1235 (Katei 1, 11th month): Kujō Yoritsune is raised to the second rank of the second class in the court hierarchy (the dōjō kuge).3
  • 1236 (Katei 2, 7th month): Yoritsune is raised to the first rank of the second class in the dōjō kuge.3
  • 1237 (Katei 3, 8th month): Yoritsune ordered the building of a mansion in the Rokuhara section of Kyoto.3
Notes

Notes

  1. Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Katei" in Japan encyclopedia, p. 491; n.b., Louis-Frédéric is pseudonym of Louis-Frédéric Nussbaum, see Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Authority File Deprecated link archived 2012-05-24 at archive.today.
  2. Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du Japon, pp. 242-243; Varley, H. Paul. (1980). Jinnō Shōtōki. p. 227.
  3. Titsingh, p. 243.
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