Man'en

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Man'en (万延?) was a Japanese era name (年号, nengō,?, lit. "year name") after Ansei and before Bunkyū. This period spanned the years from 1860 to 1861. The reigning emperor was Kōmei-tennō (孝明天皇?).

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[edit] Change of era

Edo Castle's Sakurada Gate (Sakurada-mon): The assassination of Ii Naosuke occurred nearby.
Edo Castle's Sakurada Gate (Sakurada-mon): The assassination of Ii Naosuke occurred nearby.
  • Man'en 1 (万延元年?); March 18, 1860): The new era name was created to mark the destruction caused by a fire at Edo Castle and the assassination of Ii Naosuke (also known as "the disturbance" or "the incident" at the Sakurada-mon.[1] The previous era ended and a new one commenced in Ansei 7.

The new era name is derived from an hortatory aphorism to be found in The Book of the Later Han: "With 100,000,000,000 descendants, your name will forever be recorded" (豊千億之子孫、歴万載而永延).

[edit] Events of the Man'en era

Man'en 1 (1860): Permission granted for Princess Kazu-no-Miya Chikako's marriage.[2]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Satow, Ernest et al. (1905). Japan 1853-1864, Or, Genji Yume Monogatari, p. 38.
  2. ^ http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%B8%87%E5%BB%B6


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Man'en 1st 2nd
Gregorian 1860 1861

Preceded by:
Ansei

Era or nengō:
Man'en

Succeeded by:
Bunkyū


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