Bunki
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Bunki (文亀?) was a Japanese era name (年号, nengō,?, lit. "year name") after Meiō and before Eishō. This period spanned the years from 1501 through 1504. The reigning emperor was Go-Kashiwabara-tennō (後柏原天皇?).[1]
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[edit] Change of era
- Bunki gannen (文亀元年?); 1501: The era name was changed to mark the anniversary of the enthronement of Go-Kashiwabara and the 58th year of the Chinese zodiac. The previous era ended and a new one commenced in Meiō 10, on the 29th day of the 2nd month.
[edit] Events of the Bunki era
- Bunki 1 (1501): The former-Shogun Yoshimura was exiled; and he retired to Suruga province, and he lived in exile in the home of the daimyo of that han. He changed his name to Ashikaga Yoshitane; and he summoned all the military forces of the western empire to come to his aid. Hosokawa Masamoto was made master of all the provinces which encircled the Kinai.[2]
- Bunki 2, in the 7th month (1502): Minamoto-no Yoshitaka was elevated to the 2nd tier of the 4th class kuge officials; and he expressed thanks to the emperor for that honor. In the same month, the name of Ashikaga Yoshitaka was changed to that of Yoshizumi.[3]
- Bunki 3 (1503): There was a great drought in the summer of this year.[3]
[edit] References
- Titsingh, Isaac, ed. (1834). [Siyun-sai Rin-siyo/Hayashi Gahō, 1652], Nipon o daï itsi ran; ou, Annales des empereurs du Japon, tr. par M. Isaac Titsingh avec l'aide de plusieurs interprètes attachés au comptoir hollandais de Nangasaki; ouvrage re., complété et cor. sur l'original japonais-chinois, accompagné de notes et précédé d'un Aperçu d'histoire mythologique du Japon, par M. J. Klaproth. Paris: Oriental Translation Fund of Great Britain and Ireland.... Click link for digitized, full-text copy of this book (in French)
[edit] External links
- National Diet Library, "The Japanese Calendar" -- historical overview plus illustrative images from library's collection
| Bunki | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th |
| Gregorian | 1501 | 1502 | 1503 | 1504 |
| Preceded by Meiō |
Era or nengō Bunki 1501 – 1504 |
Succeeded by Eishō |
