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Genbun

Japanese era from June 1736 to April 1741

Genbun (元文) was a Japanese era name (年号,, nengō,, lit. "year name"), also Gembun, after Kyōhō and before Kanpō. This period started in April 1736 and ended in February 1741.[1] During this time, the emperor was Sakuramachi-tennō (桜町天皇).[2]

Events of the Genbun era

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Gold coin minted during the Genbun era
  • 1736 (Genbun 1): The shogunate published an edict declaring that henceforth, the sole, authorized coinage in the empire would be those copper coins which were marked on the obverse with the character 文 (pronounced bun in Japanese or pronounced wen in Chinese. This is to say, the same character which is found in this era name of Genbun).[3]
  • 1737 (Genbun 2, 11th month): A comet was seen in the western part of the sky.[3]
  • 1739 (Genbun 4): Iron coins were minted.[3]
  • 1739 (Genbun 4): Hosokawa Etchū-no-kami of Higo was killed in Edo castle by Itakura Katsukane. The murderer was ordered to kill himself.[5]
  • 8 August 1740 (Genbun 5, 16th day of the 7th month): Floodings in Heian-kyō (Kyoto). Sanjo Bridge (Sanjo-bashi) is washed away.[6]
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References

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  1. ↑ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Gembun" Japan Encyclopedia, p. 235.
  2. ↑ Nussbaum, "Sakuramachi Tennō," p. 814; Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du japon, pp. 417-418.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Titsingh, Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). p. 418.
  4. ↑ Titsingh, p. 418; Meyer, Eva-Maria. (1999). Japans Kaiserhof in der Edo-Zeit, p. 186; Imperial Household Agency (Kunaichō), 中御門天皇 (114); retrieved 2012-5-27.
  5. ↑ Screech, Timon. (2006). Secret Memoirs of the Shoguns: Isaac Titsingh and Japan, 1779-1822, pp. 117-121.
  6. ↑ Ponsonby-Fane, Richard. (1956). Kyoto: the Old Capital of Japan, 794-1869, p. 321.

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Genbun 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th
1736 1737 1738 1739 1740 1741
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Kyōhō 		Era or nengō:
Genbun 		Succeeded by:
Kanpō



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