was a after ''

Bunpō was a after '' Shōwa'' and before '' Gen'ō''. This period spanned the years from February 1317 to April 1319. The reigning Emperors were and . Change of era * 1317 (' ): The new era name was created to mark an event or series of events. The ...

'' and before '' Genkō''. This period spanned the period from April 1319 through February 1321. The reigning Emperor was .Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). ''Annales des empereurs du Japon'', pp. 278–281; Varley, H. Paul. (1980). ''Jinnō Shōtōki''. pp. 239–241.

Change of era

* 1319 : The new era name was created to mark the accession of Emperor Go-Daigo and the beginning of his reign. The previous era ended and the new one commenced in ''Bunpō'' 3. The era name was taken from the '' Old Book of Tang''.

Events of the ''Gen'ō'' era

After the abdication of Emperor Hanazono in ''Bunpō'' 2, Takaharu-shinno was proclaimed emperor at the age of 31.

Nijō Michihira was a Japanese ''kugyō'' (court noble) of the late Kamakura period. He was the son of regent Nijō Kanemoto. Michihira held the position of '' kampaku'' (chief advisor to the emperor) from 1316–1318 and from 1327–1330. He married a ...

was '' kampaku'' (chancellor); but the court remained under the direction of former-

Emperor Go-Uda was the 91st emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession. His reign spanned the years from 1274 through 1287. This 13th-century sovereign was named after the 9th-century Emperor Uda and ''go-'' (後), translates literall ...

. Prince Morikuni was the shōgun in Kamakura; and the ''

daimyō were powerful Japanese magnates, feudal lords who, from the 10th century to the early Meiji period in the middle 19th century, ruled most of Japan from their vast, hereditary land holdings. They were subordinate to the shogun and nominal ...

'' of

Sagami Sagami may refer to: * Sagami, an 11th-century ''waka'' poet *Sagami Province, an old province in Japan *Sagami River, a river in Kanagawa and Yamanashi *Sagami Bay, a bay south of Kanagawa Prefecture in Honshū *Sagami Line, a railway roughly along ...

, Hōjō Takatoki, was ''shikken'' or chief minister of the shogunate.Titsingh, p. 281. * 1319 (''Gen'ō 1', 3rd month''): Prince Kuniyoshi, the son of former-

Emperor Go-Nijō was the 94th emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession. He reigned from 1301 to his death in 1308. This 14th-century sovereign was named after the 12th- century Emperor Nijō, and ''go-'' (後), translates literally as ...

, was declared Crown Prince (''tōgu''). * 1319 (''Gen'ō 1, 6th month''): The '' sadaijin'' (minister of the left), Konoe Tsunehira, died. * 1319 (''Gen'ō 1, in the 8th month''): The emperor took Kishi, the daughter of Saionji Sanekane, as one of his concubines; and she became a favorite. In addition, he had many concubines, which meant that he had many sons and daughters. * 1319 (''Gen'ō 1, 12th month''):

was obliged to resign his position as ''kampaku'' because of pressure from the

bakufu , officially , was the title of the military dictators of Japan during most of the period spanning from 1185 to 1868. Nominally appointed by the Emperor, shoguns were usually the de facto rulers of the country, though during part of the Kamakura ...

in Kamakura; and Ichijō Uchitsune became ''kampaku'' instead.Titsingh, p. 282. * 1330 (''Gen'ō 2, 5th month''): Hōjō Tokiasu, the ''

kanrei or, more rarely, ''kanryō'', was a high political post in feudal Japan; it is usually translated as ''shōguns deputy''. After 1349, there were actually two ''Kanrei'', the ''Kyoto Kanrei'' and the ''Kantō Kanrei''. Originally, from 1219 until ...

'' in Kyoto, died at Rokuhara mansion, which was the stronghold of the Kamakura shogunate in the capital. Tokiasu's shogunate position was also known as Rokuhara ''Tandai'' and ''Kitakata''. * 1320 (''Gen'ō 2, 5th month''): The former regent, Kujō Moronori died at age 48.

Notes

References

* Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric and Käthe Roth. (2005)
''Japan encyclopedia''.
Cambridge:

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OCLC 58053128
* Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). '' Nihon Ōdai Ichiran''; ou
''Annales des empereurs du Japon''.
Paris: Royal Asiatic Society, Oriental Translation Fund of Great Britain and Ireland
OCLC 5850691
* Varley, H. Paul. (1980). ''A Chronicle of Gods and Sovereigns: Jinnō Shōtōki of Kitabatake Chikafusa''. New York:

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OCLC 6042764

External links

* National Diet Library, "The Japanese Calendar
-- historical overview plus illustrative images from library's collection
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