Genki

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Genki (元亀, Genki^?) was a Japanese era name (年号,, nengō,^?, lit. 'year" name) after Eiroku and before Tenshō. This period spanned the years from 1570 through 1573. The reigning emperor was Ōgimachi-tennō (正親町天皇 , Ōgimachi-tennō^?).^[1]

1 Change of era
2 Events of the Genki era
3 References
- 3.1 External links

[edit] Change of era

Genki gannen (元亀元年, Genki gannen^?); 1570: The era name was changed because of various wars. The previous era ended and a new one commenced in Eiroku 13, on the 23rd day of the 4th month.

[edit] Events of the Genki era

Genki 1, in the 6th month (1570): The combined forced of the Azai clan, led by Azai Nagamasa, and the Asakura clan, led by Asakura Yoshikage, met the forces of Oda Nobunaga in a shallow riverbed which has come to be known as the Battle of Anegawa. Tokugawa Ieyasu led forces which came to the aid of Oda's army; and Oda claimed the victory.^[2]
Genki 2, in the 9th month (1571): Nobunaga marched into Ōmi province at the head of his army which surrounded Mt. Hiei. He massacred the priests and everyone else associated with the mountain temples; and then he gave orders that everything structure on the mountain should be burned.^[3]
Genki 3, in the 12th month (1572): Takeda Shingen, the daimyo of Kai province, led his army into Totomi province where he engaged the forces of Tokugawa Ieyasu at the Battle of Mikatagahara.^[4]

[edit] References

^ Titsingh, I. (1834). Annales des empereurs du Japon, p. 383.
^ Titsingh, p. 388.
^ Titsingh, pp. 388-389.
^ Titsingh, p. 389.

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)
Totman, Conrad. (2000). A History of Japan. Oxford: Blackwell Publishing...Link to digitized text selections ISBN 0-6312-1447-X