Bunroku

Bunroku (文禄) was a Japanese era name (年号,, nengō,, lit. "year name") after Tenshō and before Keichō. This period started in December 1592 and ended in 1596.^[1] During this time, the emperor was Go-Yōzei-tennō (後陽成天皇).^[2]

The nengō Bunroku means "Enlightened Benevolence".^[3]

Events of the Bunroku era change

Japanese ships land at Pusan in the 1st year of Bunroku

1592 (Bunroku 1): Toyotomi Hideyoshi invaded Korea^[4] (Bunroku no Eki), also known as Bunroku-Keichō no Eki.^[1]
1592 (Bunroku 1): Ogasawara Sadayori discovered the Bonin Islands; and the territory was granted to him as a fief by Toyotomi Hideyoshi.^[5]
1592 (Bunroku 1): Silver coins called Bunroku-tsūhō were minted . Copper coins were issued at the same time, but none are known to have survived.^[1]
1593 (Bunroku 3): Former-Emperor Ōgimachi died.^[6]
1593 (Bunroku 3): Toyotomi Hideyori is born to Hideyoshi's mistress Yodo-Dono.^[7]
1595 (Bunroku 4): Toyotomi Hidetsugu loses his position and power.^[7]

Land reform and a general census of the population and a national survey are undertaken in 1589-1595.^[1]

References change

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric (2002). Japan Encyclopedia. Harvard University Press. p. 92. ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5.
↑ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric (2002). Japan Encyclopedia. Harvard University Press. p. 265. ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5.
↑ Watsky, Andrew Mark (2004). Chikubushima: Deploying the Sacred Arts in Momoyama Japan. University of Washington Press. p. 24. ISBN 978-0-295-98327-1.
↑ Klaproth, Julius von (1834). Nipon o dai itsi ran: ou Annales des empereurs du Japon. Oriental Translation Fund. p. 405.
↑ Cholmondeley, Lionel Berners. (1915). The History of the Bonin Islands from the Year 1827 to the Year 1876; retrieved 2011-12-7..
↑ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric (2002). Japan Encyclopedia. Harvard University Press. p. 739. ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5.
↑ ^7.0 ^7.1 Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric (2002). Japan Encyclopedia. Harvard University Press. p. 993. ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5.

Other websites change

National Diet Library, "The Japanese Calendar" -- historical overview plus illustrative images from library's collection

Bunroku	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th
	1592	1593	1594	1595	1596

Preceded by:
Tenshō

Era or nengō:
Bunroku

Succeeded by:
Keichō

[nussbaum92-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric (2002). Japan Encyclopedia. Harvard University Press. p. 92. ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5.

[2] Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric (2002). Japan Encyclopedia. Harvard University Press. p. 265. ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5.

[3] Watsky, Andrew Mark (2004). Chikubushima: Deploying the Sacred Arts in Momoyama Japan. University of Washington Press. p. 24. ISBN 978-0-295-98327-1.

[4] Klaproth, Julius von (1834). Nipon o dai itsi ran: ou Annales des empereurs du Japon. Oriental Translation Fund. p. 405.

[5] Cholmondeley, Lionel Berners. (1915). The History of the Bonin Islands from the Year 1827 to the Year 1876; retrieved 2011-12-7..

[6] Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric (2002). Japan Encyclopedia. Harvard University Press. p. 739. ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5.

[google993-7] 7.0 ^7.1 Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric (2002). Japan Encyclopedia. Harvard University Press. p. 993. ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5.

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