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in September 1230. The lack of sunlight caused cold so severe, winter clothing was necessary in spring and summer. The relief efforts by Emperor and Shogunate were generally ineffective, as no food was available at all. To ease population mobility in the worst stricken areas,
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was legalized in 1231, among other means - confiscations and forced food distribution. The social order broke down, and bands of marauding robbers (including former Buddhist monks) became common. The strife spilled even to
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The anomalous cold weather started in 1229, resulting in a shortage of food. As the excessive rains, cold spells and blizzards destroyed crops in July 1230, the shortage developed into famine, and people started to die
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raided coastal towns for food. The weather reversed to warm in winter of 1230-1231, again resulting in crop failure in 1231, this time due to lack of soil moisture and scarcity of seeds.
195:. The famine was severe throughout Japan. It was caused by cold weather caused probably by volcanic eruptions, coupled later with a general breakdown of society. 467: 383:"A famine in 1215 forced Novgorodians to eats bark and sell their children into slavery, and in 1230 the city was racked once again by hunger" 282:"Controlling factors in stalagmite oxygen isotopic composition and the paleoprecipitation record for the last 1,100 years in Northeast Japan" 491: 340: 107: 330: 516: 45: 88: 511: 460: 41: 60: 122: 357: 67: 228:), meaning the Kanki famine may be the worst in Japanese history. In the same years, the great famine also struck 486: 453: 74: 496: 34: 405: 255: 56: 506: 501: 296: 188: 281: 183:. The famine is considered to have begun in 1230 and lasted until 1231. It was named after the 336: 205: 192: 304: 245: 180: 81: 300: 437: 260: 229: 382: 480: 426: 23: 220:
Overall, about one third of the population of Japan perished (dead numbering
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35°00′42″N 135°46′06″E / 35.011667°N 135.768333°E / 35.011667; 135.768333
famine
Kamakura period
Kangi
Emperor Go-Horikawa
Kujō Yoritsune
human trafficking
Goryeo
Kyushu
Kievan Rus'
Novgorod
List of famines
Demographic history of Japan before the Meiji Restoration
Kan'ei Great Famine
Yōwa famine
"Controlling factors in stalagmite oxygen isotopic composition and the paleoprecipitation record for the last 1,100 years in Northeast Japan"
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