Bunroku
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Bunroku (文禄?) was a Japanese era name (年号, nengō,?, lit. "year name") after Tenshō and before Keichō. This period spanned the years from 1592 to 1596. The reigning emperor was Go-Yōzei-tennō (後陽成天皇?).[1]
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[edit] Change of era
- Bunroku gannen (文禄元年?); 1592: The era name was changed to mark the enthronement of the new emperor Go-Yōzei. The previous era ended and a new one commenced in Tenshō 20.
[edit] Events of the Bunroku era
- Bunroku 1 (1592): Toyotomi Hideyoshi invades Korea (Bunroku no Eki).[2]
- Bunroku 1 (1592): Ogasawara Sadayori claims to have discovered the Bonin Islands; and the territory was granted to him as a fief by Toyotomi Hideyoshi.[3]
- Bunroku 2 (1593): Toyotomi Hideyori is born to Hideyoshi's mistress Yodo-Dono -- an infant son and possible heir.[4]
- Bunroku 4 (1595): Toyotomi Hidetsugu loses his position and power.[5]
[edit] References
- Cholmondeley, Lionel Berners. (1915). "The History of the Bonin Islands from the Year 1827 to the Year 1876. London: Constable & Co. Ltd....Click link to digitized, full-text copy of this monograph
- Sansom, George. (1961). A History of Japan, 1334-1615. Stanford: Stanford University Press. ISBN 0-8047-0524-0 (cloth); ISBN 0-8047-0525-9 (paper)
- 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
| Bunroku | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th |
| Gregorian | 1592 | 1593 | 1594 | 1595 | 1596 |
| Preceded by Tenshō |
Era or nengō Bunroku 1592 – 1596 |
Succeeded by Keichō |
