Bunroku

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Glossary Timeline

Bunroku (文禄) was a Japanese era name (年号, nengō, "year name") after Tenshō and before Keichō. This period spanned the years from December 1592 to October 1596.^[1] The reigning emperor was Go-Yōzei-tennō (後陽成天皇).^[2]

Change of era

• 1592 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),^[3] also known as Bunroku Keichō no Eki.^[1]
• 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.^[4]
• 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.^[1]
• 1593 (Bunroku 2): Toyotomi Hideyori is born to Hideyoshi's mistress Yodo-Dono—an infant son and possible heir.^[5]
• 1595 (Bunroku 4): Toyotomi Hidetsugu loses his position and power.^[6]

• 1589-1595: An agrarian reform (Bunroku no Kenchi) initiated by Hideyoshi; a general census of the population and a national survey.^[1]

Notes

References

• Cholmondeley, Lionel Berners (1915). The History of the Bonin Islands from the Year 1827 to the Year 1876. London: Constable & Co.
• Nussbaum, Louis Frédéric and Käthe Roth. (2005). Japan Encyclopedia. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5; OCLC 48943301
• Sansom, George Bailey. (1958). A History of Japan, ISBN 9780804705257; ISBN 9780804705240; OCLC 16859819
• 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