- Bunroku
. [Tittsingh, Isaac. (1834). "Annales des empereurs du japon," pp. 402-405.]
Change of era
*;
1592 : The era name was changed to mark the enthronement of the new emperor Go-Yōzei. The previous era ended and a new one commenced in "Tenshō" 20.Events of the "Bunroku" era
* "Bunroku 1" (
1592 ):Toyotomi Hideyoshi invadesKorea (Bunroku no Eki). [Titsingh, p.405.]
* "Bunroku 1" (1592 ):Ogasawara Sadayori claims to have discovered theBonin Islands ; and the territory was granted to him as a fief byToyotomi Hideyoshi . [Cholmondeley, Lionel Berners. (1915). "The History of the Bonin Islands from the Year 1827 to the Year 1876," p. .]
* "Bunroku 2" (1593 ):Toyotomi Hideyori is born to Hideyoshi's mistressYodo-Dono -- an infant son and possible heir. [Sansom, George. (1961). "A History of Japan, 1334-1615," p. 364.]
* "Bunroku 4" (1595 ):Toyotomi Hidetsugu loses his position and power. [Sansom, p. 366.]References
* Cholmondeley, Lionel Berners. (1915). "The History of the Bonin Islands from the Year 1827 to the Year 1876. London: Constable & Co. Ltd. [http://mysite.du.edu/~ttyler/ploughboy/boninchol.htm ...Click link to digitized, full-text copy of this monograph]
* Sansom, George. (1961). "A History of Japan, 1334-1615." Stanford:Stanford University Press . ISBN 0-8047-0524-0 (cloth); ISBN 0-8047-0525-9 (paper)
* 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. [http://books.google.com/books?id=18oNAAAAIAAJ&dq=nipon+o+dai+itsi+ran ... Click link for digitized, full-text copy of this book (in French)]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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