Manji (era)

Manji (万治) was a Japanese era name (年号,, nengō,, lit. "year name") after Meireki and before Kanbun. This period started in July 1658 and ended in April 1661.^[1] During this time, the emperor was Go-Sai-tennō (後西天皇).^[2]

Events of the Manji era change

In the 1st year of Manji, fire fighting groups were organized in Edo. This is a lantern of the firefighters (megumi).

1658 (Manji 1): After the Great Mereiki Fire, the shogunate organized four teams of firefighters.^[3]

1658 (Manji 1): Birth of Yanagisawa Yoshiyasu.^[4]

1659 (Manji 2): In Edo, construction began on the Ryōgoku Bridge (ryogokubashi).^[5]

Related pages change

Edo period

References change

↑ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2002). "Manji" in Japan encyclopedia, p. 607.
↑ Nussbaum, "Tennō," pp. 962-963; Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du japon, p. 413.
↑ McClain, James et al. (1994). Edo and Paris: Urban Life and the State in the Early Modern Era, p. xxii.
↑ Bodart-Bailey, Beatrice. (2006). The Dog Shogun: The Personality and Policies of Tokugawa Tsunayoshi, p. 110.
↑ Titsingh, p. 413.

Other websites change

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

Manji	1st	2nd	3rd	4th
	1658	1659	1660	1661

Preceded by:
Meireki

Era or nengō:
Manji

Succeeded by:
Kanbun

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[1] Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2002). "Manji" in Japan encyclopedia, p. 607.

[2] Nussbaum, "Tennō," pp. 962-963; Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du japon, p. 413.

[3] McClain, James et al. (1994). Edo and Paris: Urban Life and the State in the Early Modern Era, p. xxii.

[4] Bodart-Bailey, Beatrice. (2006). The Dog Shogun: The Personality and Policies of Tokugawa Tsunayoshi, p. 110.

[5] Titsingh, p. 413.

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