Bunmei
{{Short description|Period of Japanese history (1469–1487)}}
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{{nihongo|Bunmei|文明||"civilization"}} was a {{nihongo|Japanese era name|年号|nengō|"year name"}} after Ōnin and before Chōkyō. This period spanned from April 1469 through July 1487.Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Bunmei" in [https://books.google.com/books?id=p2QnPijAEmEC&pg=PA89 Japan encyclopedia, p. 89]; n.b., Louis-Frédéric is pseudonym of Louis-Frédéric Nussbaum, see [http://dispatch.opac.ddb.de/DB=4.1/PPN?PPN=128842709 Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Authority File]{{dead link|date=November 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}. The reigning emperor was {{nihongo|Go-Tsuchimikado-tennō|後土御門天皇}}.Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). [https://books.google.com/books?id=18oNAAAAIAAJ&dq=nipon+o+dai+itsi+ran&pg=PP9 Annales des empereurs du Japon, pp. 352]–364.
Change of era
- 1469 {{nihongo|Bunmei gannen|文明元年}}: 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.
Events of the ''Bunmei'' era
- 1468 (Bunmei 2, 7th month): Ichijō Kanera (1402–1481) was relieved of his duties as kampaku.Titsingh, [https://books.google.com/books?id=18oNAAAAIAAJ&dq=nipon+o+dai+itsi+ran&pg=PP9 p. 356.]
- January 18, 1471 (Bunmei 2, 27th day of the 12th month ): The former Emperor Go-Hanazono died at age 52.
- April 16, 1473 (Bunmei 5, on the 19th day of the 3rd month): Yamana Sōzen died at age 70.Titsingh, [https://books.google.com/books?id=18oNAAAAIAAJ&dq=nipon+o+dai+itsi+ran&pg=PP9 p. 357.]
- 1478 (Bunmei 10): Ichijō Kanera published Bunmei ittō-ki (On the Unity of Knowledge and Culture) which deals with political ethics and six points about the duties of a prince.
- February 21, 1482 (Bunmei 14, 4th day of the 2nd month): Construction of Ashikaga Yoshimasa's Silver Pavilion commenced.Keene, Donald. (2003). [https://books.google.com/books?id=xtPsa5zI8jcC&dq=ginkaku&pg=PA87 Yoshimasa and the Silver Pavilion, p. 87.]
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References
- Nussbaum, Louis Frédéric and Käthe Roth. (2005). Japan Encyclopedia. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. {{ISBN|978-0-674-01753-5}}; [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/48943301/editions?editionsView=true&referer=br OCLC 48943301]
- Keene, Donald. (2003). Yoshimasa and the Silver Pavilion: The Creation of the Soul of Japan. New York: Columbia University Press. {{ISBN|978-0-231-13056-1}}; [http://www.worldcat.org/wcpa/oclc/52268947 OCLC 52268947]
- Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Nihon Ōdai Ichiran; ou, [https://books.google.com/books?id=18oNAAAAIAAJ&q=nipon+o+dai+itsi+ran Annales des empereurs du Japon.] Paris: Royal Asiatic Society, Oriental Translation Fund of Great Britain and Ireland. [https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/5850691 OCLC 5850691]
External links
- National Diet Library, "The Japanese Calendar" [http://www.ndl.go.jp/koyomi/e/ -- historical overview plus illustrative images from library's collection]
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