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 December 1592 to October 1596.[1] The reigning emperor was Go-Yōzei-tennō (後陽成天皇?).[2]
Change of era
- 1592 Bunroku gannen (文禄元年?): The era name was changed. The previous era ended and a new one commenced in Tenshō 20.
Events of the Bunroku era
- 1592 (Bunroku 1): Toyotomi Hideyoshi invades Korea (Bunroku no Eki),[3] also known as Bunroku Keichō no Eki.[1]
- 1592 (Bunroku 1): Ogasawara Sadayori claims to have discovered the Bonin Islands; and the territory was granted to him as a fief by Toyotomi Hideyoshi.[4]
- 1592 (Bunroku 1): Silver coins called Bunroku-tsūhō were minted to pay Hideyoshi's troops. The 23.25 mm diameter coins weighed 1 momme (approximately 3.75 g). Copper coins were issued at the same time, but none are known to have survived.[1]
- 1593 (Bunroku 2): Toyotomi Hideyori is born to Hideyoshi's mistress Yodo-Dono—an infant son and possible heir.[5]
- 1595 (Bunroku 4): Toyotomi Hidetsugu loses his position and power.[6]
- 1589-1595: An agrarian reform (Bunroku no Kenchi) initiated by Hideyoshi; a general census of the population and a national survey.[1]
Notes
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- Nussbaum, Louis Frédéric and Käthe Roth. (2005). Japan Encyclopedia. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5; OCLC 48943301
- Sansom, George Bailey. (1958). A History of Japan, ISBN 9780804705257; ISBN 9780804705240; OCLC 16859819
- 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
External links
- National Diet Library, "The Japanese Calendar" -- historical overview plus illustrative images from library's collection
| Preceded by | Era or nengō Bunroku 1592–1596 |
Succeeded by Keichō |
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Bunroku" in Japan encyclopedia, p. 92; n.b., Louis-Frédéric is pseudonym of Louis-Frédéric Nussbaum, see Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Authority File.
- ↑ Tittsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du japon, pp. 402-405.
- ↑ Titsingh, p. 405.
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- ↑ Sansom, George. (1961). A History of Japan, 1334-1615, p. 364.
- ↑ Sansom, p. 366.
