Bunmei

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Bunmei (文明, Bunmei^?) was a Japanese era name (年号,, nengō,^?, lit. "year name") after Ōnin and before Chōkyō. This period spanned the years from 1469 through 1487. The reigning emperor was Go-Tsuchimikado-tennō (後土御門天皇, Go-Tsuchimikado-tennō^?).^[1]

Contents 1 Change of era 2 Events of the Bunmei era 3 References 3.1 External links

[edit] Change of era

• Bunmei gannen (文明元年, Bunmei gannen^?); 1469: The era name was changed to mark an event or a number of events. The old era ended and a new one commenced in Ōnin 3.

[edit] Events of the Bunmei era

• Bunmei 2, in the 7th month (1468): Ichijo Kaneyoshi was relieved of his duties as "kampaku," Kaneyoshi age was 69.^[2]
• Bunmei 3, in the 12th month (January 18, 1469): The former-Emperor Go-Hanazono died at age 52.^[2]
• Bunmei 5, on the 19th day of the 3rd month (1473): Yamana Mochitoyo-nudo Souzen died at age 70.^[3]

[edit] References

• 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

Bunmei	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	13th	14th	15th	16th	17th	18th	19th
Gregorian	1469	1470	1471	1472	1473	1474	1475	1476	1477	1478	1479	1480	1481	1482	1483	1484	1485	1486	1487

Preceded by Ōnin

Era or nengō Bunmei 1469 – 1487

Succeeded by Chōkyō