, also romanized as Kareki, was a after Shōchū and before Gentoku. This period spanned the years from April 1326 through August 1329.Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Karyaku" in ; n.b., Louis-Frédéric is pseudonym of Louis-Frédéric Nussbaum, see Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Authority File . The reigning Emperor was .Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du Japon, pp. 278-281; Varley, H. Paul. (1980). Jinnō Shōtōki. pp. 239-241.
Change of era 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.
Events of the Karyaku era March 8, 1327 (Karyaku 2, 14th day of the 2nd month): There is a total eclipse of the moon.Xu, Zhentao et al. (2000). East-Asian Archaeoastronomy: Historical Records of Astronomical Observations of China, Japan and Korea, p. 97.
Notes
References Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric and Käthe Roth. (2005). Japan encyclopedia. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. ; 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. ; OCLC 6042764 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.
External links
National Diet Library, "The Japanese Calendar" -- historical overview plus illustrative images from library's collection