- Bun'ei
"This article is about the Japanese era; for the Ryukyuan king, see
Bunei (Ryukyu) ."nihongo| Bun'ei|文永| was a nihongo|Japanese era name|年号,|"nengō",|lit. "
year name" after "Kōchō " and before "Kenji." This period spanned the years from1264 to1275 . The reigning emperor was nihongo|Kameyama"-tennō"|亀山天皇. [Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). "Annales des empereurs du Japon," pp. 255-261; Varley, H. Paul. (1980). "Jinnō Shōtōki." p. 232-233.]Change of era
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1264 : The new era name was created to mark an event or a number of events. The previous era ended and a new one commenced in "Kōchō" 4.Events of the "Bun'ei" era
* "Bun'ei 11", in the 1st month (
1274 ): In the 15th year of Kameyama"-tennō"'s reign (亀山天皇15年), the emperor abdicated; and the succession (‘‘senso’’) was received by his cousin. [Titsingh, p. 261; Varley, p. 44. [A distinct act of "senso" is unrecognized prior to Emperor Tenji; and all sovereigns except Jitō, Yōzei, Go-Toba, and Fushimi have "senso" and "sokui" in the same year until the reign of Go-Murakami.] ]
* "Bun'ei 11", in the 3rd month (1274 ): Emperor Go-Uda is said to have acceded to the throne (‘‘sokui’’). [Titsingh, p. 262; Varley, p. 44.] The retired Emperor Kameyama continued to exercise power as cloistered emperor.
* "Bun'ei 11", in the 10th month (1275 ): Hirohito"-shinnō" was named Crown Prince and heir to his first cousin, the "Daikakuji-tō" Emperor Go-Uda. This was the result of political maeuvering by Hirohito's father, the "Jimyōin-tō" Emperor Go-Fukakusa. [Titsingh, p. 262, 270.]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)]
* Varley, H. Paul , ed. (1980). [Kitabatake Chikafusa , 1359] , "Jinnō Shōtōki ("A Chronicle of Gods and Sovereigns: Jinnō Shōtōki of Kitabatake Chikafusa" translated by H. Paul Varley)." New York:Columbia University Press . ISBN 0-231-04940-4External 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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