- Genki
nihongo|"Genki"|元亀 was a nihongo|
Japanese era name |年号,| "nengō",| lit. 'year " name after "Eiroku " and before "Tenshō." This period spanned the years from1570 through1573 . The reigning emperor was nihongo|Ōgimachi"-tennō"|正親町天皇 . [Titsingh, I. (1834). "Annales des empereurs du Japon," p. 383.]Change of era
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1570 : The era name was changed because of various wars. The previous era ended and a new one commenced in "Eiroku" 13, on the 23rd day of the 4th month.Events of the "Genki" era
* "Genki 1", in the 6th month (
1570 ): The combined forces of theAzai clan , led byAzai Nagamasa , and theAsakura clan , led byAsakura Yoshikage , met the forces ofOda Nobunaga in a shallow riverbed which has come to be known as theBattle of Anegawa .Tokugawa Ieyasu led forces which came to the aid ofOda 's army; and Oda claimed the victory. [Titsingh, p. 388.]
* "Genki 2", in the 9th month (1571 ): Nobunaga marched intoŌmi province at the head of his army which surrounded Mt. Hiei. He massacred the priests and everyone else associated with the mountain temples; and then he gave orders that everything structure on the mountain should be burned. [Titsingh, pp. 388-389.]
* "Genki 3", in the 12th month (1572 ):Takeda Shingen , thedaimyo ofKai province , led his army intoTotomi province where he engaged the forces ofTokugawa Ieyasu at theBattle of Mikatagahara . [Titsingh, p. 389.]References
* 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)]
* Totman, Conrad. (2000). "A History of Japan." Oxford:Blackwell Publishing . [http://books.google.com/books?id=UJLtPR_gMtsC&pg=PA181&dq=genki+history+OR+japan&as_brr=0&sig=yy6ysL61DQ0rejVoNPYmJ15JMDc#PPP1,M1 ..Link to digitized text selections] ISBN 0-6312-1447-XExternal links
* National Diet Library, "The Japanese Calendar" [http://www.ndl.go.jp/koyomi/e/ -- historical overview plus illustrative images from library's collection]
Genki 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Gregorian 1570 1571 1572 1573 Preceded by:
"Eiroku "Era or "nengō": Genki Succeeded by:
"Tenshō"
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