Karoku
Period of Japanese history (1225–1227 CE)
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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
- 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
- 1225 (Karoku 1, 11th month): At Kamakura, Kujō Yoritsune's coming of age ceremonies took place at age 8; but control of all bakufu affairs remained entirely in the hands of Hōjō Yasutoki, the regent (shikken).[3]
- 1225 (Karoku 1, 12th month): Emperor Go-Horikawa went in formal procession to Iwashimizu Hachiman-gū and to the Kamo Shrines.[3]
- 1226 (Karoku 2, 1st month): The Emperor raised Yoritsune to the first rank of the fifth class in the apex of artistocratic court hierarchy (the dōjō kuge).[3]
