Bunka
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- For the embroidery technique, see Bunka shishu.
Bunka (文化?) was a Japanese era name (年号, nengō,?, lit. "year name") after Kyōwa and before Bunsei. The period spanned the years from 1804 to 1818. The reigning emperors were Kōkaku-tennō (光格天皇?) and Ninkō-Tennō (仁孝天皇?).
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[edit] Change of era
- Bunka gannen (文化元年?); (February 11, 1804): The new era name of Bunka ( meaning "Culture" or "Civilization") was created to mark the start of a new cycle of the Chinese zodiac. The previous era ended and a new one commenced in Kyōwa 4, on the 11th day of the 2nd month.
[edit] Events of the Bunka era
- Bunka 1 (1804): Daigaku-no-kami Hayashi Jussai (1768-1841) explained the shogunate foreign policy to Emperor Kōkaku in Kyoto.[1]
- Bunka 2 (June 1805): Genpaku Sugita (1733-1817) is granted an audience with Shogun Ienari to explain differences between traditional medical knowledge and Western medical knowledge.[2]
- Bunka 7 (September 25, 1810): Earthquake in northern Honshu (Latitude: 39.900/Longitude: 139.900), 6.6 magnitude on the Richter Scale.[3]...Click link for NOAA/Japan: Significant Earthquake Database
- Bunka 1 (December 7, 1812): Earthquake in Honshu (Latitude: 35.400/Longitude: 139.600), 6.6 magnitude on the Richter Scale.[3]
- Bunka 14 (1817): Emperor Kokaku travelled in procession to Sento Imperial Palace, a palace of an abdicated emperor. The Sento Palace at that time was called Sakura Machi Palace. It had been built by the Tokugawa Shogunate for former-Emperor Go-Mizunoo.[4]
[edit] Notes
- ^ Cullen, L.M. (2003). A History of Japan, 1582-1941: Internal and External Worlds, pp. 117, 163.
- ^ Sugita Genpaku. (1969). Dawn of Western Science in Japan: Rangaku Kotohajime, p. xvi.
- ^ a b Online "Significant Earthquake Database" -- U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC)
- ^ National Ditigial Archives of Japan, ...see caption describing image of scroll
[edit] References
- Cullen, L.M. (2003). A History of Japan, 1582-1941: Internal and External Worlds. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-82115-X (cloth) ISBN 0-521-529918-2 (paper)
- Sugita Genpaku. (1969). Dawn of Western Science in Japan: Rangaku Kotohajime. Tokyo: Hokuseido Press. ISBN 0-8934-6061-3 (reprint)
[edit] External links
- National Diet Library, "The Japanese Calendar" -- historical overview plus illustrative images from library's collection
- National Archives of Japan Sakuramachiden Gyokozu, 1
- National Archives of Japan Sakuramachiden Gyokozu, 2
| Bunka | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th | 13th | 14th | 15th |
| Gregorian | 1804 | 1805 | 1806 | 1807 | 1808 | 1809 | 1810 | 1811 | 1812 | 1813 | 1814 | 1815 | 1816 | 1817 | 1818 |
| Preceded by Kyōwa |
Era or nengō Bunka 1804 – 1818 |
Succeeded by Bunsei |
