Bunmei

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Bunmei (文明?) was a Japanese era name (年号, nengō,?, lit. "year name") after Ōnin and before Chōkyō. This period spanned the years from April 1469 through July 1487.[1] The reigning emperor was Go-Tsuchimikado-tennō (後土御門天皇?).[2]

Change of era

  • 1469 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): Ichijo Kaneyoshi was relieved of his duties as kampaku at age 69.[3]
  • January 18, 1471 (Bunmei 2, 27th day of the 12th month ): The former-Emperor Go-Hanazono died at age 52.[3]
  • April 16, 1473 (Bunmei 5, on the 19th day of the 3rd month): Yamana Sōzen died at age 70.[4]
  • 1478 (Bunmei 10): The philosopher Ichijō Kanera (1402–1481) published Bummei ittō-ki (On the Unity of Knowledge and Culture) which deals with political ethics and six points about the duties of a prince.[1]
  • February 21, 1482 (Bummei 14, 4th day of the 2nd month): Construction of Ashikaga Yoshimasa's Silver Pavilion commenced.[5]

Notes

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Preceded by Era or nengō
Bunmei

1469–1487
Succeeded by
Chōkyō
  1. 1.0 1.1 Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Bunmei" in Japan encyclopedia, p. 89; 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. 352-364.
  3. 3.0 3.1 Titsingh, p. 356.
  4. Titsingh, p. 357.
  5. Keene, Donald. (2003). Yoshimasa and the Silver Pavilion, p. 87.