Bunki

Bunki (文亀) was a Japanese era name (年号, nengō,, lit. "year name") after Meiō and before Eishō. This period spanned the years from February 1501 through February 1504.^[1] The reigning emperor was Go-Kashiwabara-tennō (後柏原天皇).^[2]

Change of era

• 1501 Bunki gannen (文亀元年): The era name was changed to mark the anniversary of the enthronement of Go-Kashiwabara and the 58th year of the Chinese zodiac. The previous era ended and a new one commenced in 1501 (Meiō 10, 29th day of the 2nd month).

Events of the Bunki era

• 1501 (Bunki 1): The former-Shogun Yoshimura was exiled; and he retired to Suo province, and he lived in exile in the home of the daimyo of that han. He changed his name to Ashikaga Yoshitane; and he summoned all the military forces of the western empire to come to his aid. Hosokawa Masamoto was made master of all the provinces which encircled the Kinai.^[3]
• 1502 (Bunki 2, 7th month): Minamoto-no Yoshitaka was elevated to the 2nd tier of the 4th class kuge officials; and he expressed thanks to the emperor for that honor. In the same month, the name of Ashikaga Yoshitaka was changed to that of Yoshizumi.^[4]
• 1503 (Bunki 3): There was a great drought in the summer of this year.^[4]

Notes

1. Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Bunki" in Japan encyclopedia, p. 91; n.b., Louis-Frédéric is pseudonym of Louis-Frédéric Nussbaum, see Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Authority File.
2. Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du Japon, pp. 364-365.
3. Titsingh, p. 364.
4. Titsingh, p. 365.

References

• Nussbaum, Louis Frédéric and Käthe Roth. (2005). Japan Encyclopedia. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5; OCLC 48943301
• Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Nihon Odai Ichiran; ou, Annales des empereurs du Japon. Paris: Royal Asiatic Society, Oriental Translation Fund of Great Britain and Ireland. OCLC 5850691

External links

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