Bunroku
{{Short description|Period of Japanese history (1592–1596)}}
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{{nihongo|Bunroku|文禄}} was a {{nihongo|Japanese era name|年号|nengō|"year name"}} after Tenshō and before Keichō. This period spanned the years from December 1592 to October 1596.Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Bunroku" in [https://books.google.com/books?id=p2QnPijAEmEC&pg=PA92 Japan encyclopedia, p. 92]; n.b., Louis-Frédéric is pseudonym of Louis-Frédéric Nussbaum, see [https://archive.today/20120524174828/http://dispatch.opac.ddb.de/DB=4.1/PPN?PPN=128842709 Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Authority File]. The reigning emperor was {{nihongo|Go-Yōzei-tennō|後陽成天皇}}.Tittsingh, Isaac. (1834). [https://books.google.com/books?id=18oNAAAAIAAJ&dq=nipon+o+dai+itsi+ran&pg=PP9 Annales des empereurs du japon, pp. 402–405.]
Change of era
- 1592 {{nihongo|Bunroku gannen|文禄元年}}: The era name was changed. The previous era ended and a new one commenced in Tenshō 20.
Events of the ''Bunroku'' era
- 1592 (Bunroku 1): Toyotomi Hideyoshi invades Korea (Bunroku no Eki),Titsingh, [https://books.google.com/books?id=18oNAAAAIAAJ&dq=nipon+o+dai+itsi+ran&pg=PP9 p. 405.] also known as Bunroku Keichō no Eki.
- 1592 (Bunroku 1): Ogasawara Sadayori claims to have discovered the Bonin Islands; and the territory was granted to him as a fief by Toyotomi Hideyoshi.{{cite book |last=Cholmondeley |first=Lionel Berners |author-link=Lionel Berners Cholmondeley |date=1915 |title=The History of the Bonin Islands from the Year 1827 to the Year 1876 |url=http://mysite.du.edu/~ttyler/ploughboy/boninchol.htm |location=London |publisher=Constable & Co. }}
- 1592 (Bunroku 1): Silver coins called Bunroku-tsūhō were minted to pay Hideyoshi's troops. The 23.25 mm diameter coins weighed 1 momme (approximately 3.75 g). Copper coins were issued at the same time, but none are known to have survived.
- 1593 (Bunroku 2): Toyotomi Hideyori is born to Hideyoshi's mistress Yodo-Dono—an infant son and possible heir.Sansom, George. (1961). [https://books.google.com/books?id=0syC6L77dpAC&q=A+History+of+Japan,+1334-1615 A History of Japan, 1334-1615, p. 364.]
- 1595 (Bunroku 4): Toyotomi Hidetsugu loses his position and power.Sansom,
[https://books.google.com/books?id=0syC6L77dpAC&dq=A%20History%20of%20Japan%2C%201334-1615&pg=PA366 p. 366.]
Notes
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References
- {{cite book |last=Cholmondeley |first=Lionel Berners |author-link=Lionel Berners Cholmondeley |date=1915 |title=The History of the Bonin Islands from the Year 1827 to the Year 1876 |url=http://mysite.du.edu/~ttyler/ploughboy/boninchol.htm |location=London |publisher=Constable & Co. }}
- 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]
- Sansom, George Bailey. (1958). ''A History of Japan, {{ISBN|9780804705257}}; {{ISBN|9780804705240}}; [https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/16859819 OCLC 16859819]
- Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Nihon Odai 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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{{nihongo|Bunroku|文禄}}
| years = 1592–1596
| after = {{nihongo|Keichō|慶長}}
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