(contemporarily written as 延寳) is the after '' Kanbun'' and before '' Tenna.'' This period spanned the years from September 1673 to September 1681. The reigning emperor was .

Change of era

* 1673 : The new era of ''Enpō'' (meaning "Prolonged Wealth") was created to mark a number of disasters including a great fire in Kyōto. The previous era ended and a new one commenced in ''Kanbun'' 14, on the ninth day of the 13th month.

Events of the ''Enpō'' era

* 1673 (''Enpō 1''): There was a great fire in

Heian-kyō Heian-kyō was one of several former names for the city now known as Kyoto. It was the official capital of Japan for over one thousand years, from 794 to 1868 with an interruption in 1180. Emperor Kanmu established it as the capital in 794, m ...

.Titsingh
p. 414.
/ref> * 1673 (''Enpō 1''): The foundations for Mitsui financial success began with the opening of a dry good store in

Edo Edo ( ja, , , "bay-entrance" or "estuary"), also romanized as Jedo, Yedo or Yeddo, is the former name of Tokyo. Edo, formerly a ''jōkamachi'' (castle town) centered on Edo Castle located in Musashi Province, became the ''de facto'' capital of ...

. * May 10, 1674 (''Enpō 2, 5th day of the 4th month''):

Ingen Ryūki Ingen Ryūki () (December 7, 1592 – May 19, 1673) was a Chinese poet, calligrapher, and monk of Linji Chan Buddhism from China.Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Ingen" in ; n.b., Louis-Frédéric is pseudonym of Louis-Frédéric Nussbaum, ' ...

, founder of the Ōbaku sect of Japanese Zen Buddhism, died at Manpuku-ji, a Buddhist temple which Ingen had founded at Uji, near Heian-kyō. * 1675 (''Enpō 3''): A devastating fire burned Heian-kyō. * 1675 (''Enpō 3''): The

Bonin Islands The Bonin Islands, also known as the , are an archipelago of over 30 subtropical and tropical islands, some directly south of Tokyo, Japan and northwest of Guam. The name "Bonin Islands" comes from the Japanese word ''bunin'' (an archaic readi ...

(''Ogasawara'' Islands) are explored by shogunate expedition, following up "discovery" of the islands by the Japanese when a ship bound for Edo from Kyūshū is blown off course by a storm in '' Kanbun'' 10. The islands are claimed as a territory of Japan.Tanaka, Hiroyuki. (1993). "The Ogasawara Islands in Tokugawa Japan", ''Kaiji Shi Kenkyuu (Journal of the Maritime History)''. * April 7, 1680 (''Enpō 8, 8th day of the 3rd month'') : Tokugawa Ietsuna, the 4th shōgun of the Edo bakufu died; and his named successor,

Tokugawa Tsunayoshi was the fifth ''shōgun'' of the Tokugawa dynasty of Japan. He was the younger brother of Tokugawa Ietsuna, as well as the son of Tokugawa Iemitsu, the grandson of Tokugawa Hidetada, and the great-grandson of Tokugawa Ieyasu.Nussbaum, Louis-F ...

, was ready to take his place as the 5th Tokugawa shōgun. Closeup of a Japanese gravestone engraved with the date

Notes

References

* Hall, John Whitney. (1970). ''Japan: From Prehistory to Modern Times'' in ''Delacorte World History'', Vol. XX. New York: Delacorte Press. * Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric and Käthe Roth. (2005)
''Japan encyclopedia''.
Cambridge:

Harvard University Press Harvard University Press (HUP) is a publishing house established on January 13, 1913, as a division of Harvard University, and focused on academic publishing. It is a member of the Association of American University Presses. After the reti ...

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* Screech, Timon. (2006)
''Secret Memoirs of the Shoguns: Isaac Titsingh and Japan, 1779–1822''.
London: RoutledgeCurzon.
OCLC 65177072
* Tanaka, Hiroyuki. (1993). "The Ogasawara Islands in Tokugawa Japan", ''Kaiji Shi Kenkyuu (Journal of the Maritime History)''. No. 50, June, 1993, Tokyo: The Japan Society of the History of Maritim

* 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

External links

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