Bunpō

Bunpō (文保, Bunpō^?) was a Japanese era name (年号,, nengō,^?, lit. "year name") after Shōwa and before Gen'ō. This period spanned the years from 1317 to 1319. The reigning Emperors were Emperor Hanazono-tennō (花園天皇, Emperor Hanazono-tennō^?) and Go-Daigo-tennō (後醍醐天皇, Go-Daigo-tennō^?).^[1]

Change of era

• Bunpō gannen (文保元年, Bunpō gannen^?); 1317: The new era name was created to mark an event or series of events. The previous era ended and the new one commenced in Shōwa 6.

Events of the Bunpō Era

During this era, Negotiations between the Bakufu and the two lines resulted in an agreement to alternate the throne between the two lines every 10 years (the Bunpō Agreement). This agreement did not last very long, being broken by Emperor Go-Daigo.

• Bunpō 1, in the 9th month (1317): Former-Emperor Fushimi died at age 53 years.^[2]
  • Bunpō 2, in the 2nd month (1318): In the 11th year of Hanazono-tennō's reign (花園天皇11年), the emperor abdicated; and the succession (‘‘senso’’) was received by his cousin, the second son of former-Emperor Go-Uda. Shortly thereafter, Emperor Go-Daigo is said to have acceded to the throne (‘‘sokui’’).^[3]
    • Bunpō 3, in the 4th month (1319): Emperor Go-Daigo caused the nengō to be changed to Gen'ō to mark the beginning of his reign.^[4]

      References

      1. ^ Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du Japon, pp. 278-281; Varley, H. Paul. (1980). Jinnō Shōtōki. pp. 239-241.
      2. ^ Titsingh, p. 281.
      3. ^ Titsingh, p. 281; Varley, p. 44. [A distinct act of senso is unrecognized prior to Emperor Tenji; and all sovereigns except Jitō, Yōzei, Go-Toba, and Fushimi have senso and sokui in the same year until the reign of Go-Murakami.]
      4. ^ Varley, p. 243.

      
      

      
      

      • 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)
      • Varley, H. Paul , ed. (1980). [ Kitabatake Chikafusa, 1359], Jinnō Shōtōki ("A Chronicle of Gods and Sovereigns: Jinnō Shōtōki of Kitabatake Chikafusa" translated by H. Paul Varley). New York: Columbia University Press. ISBN 0-231-04940-4

      External links

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

      
      

      Bunpō	1st	2nd	3rd
      Gregorian	1317	1318	1319

      Preceded by: Shōwa

      Era or nengō: Bunpō

      Succeeded by: Gen'ō

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