is a after ''
Bunkyū
was a after ''Man'en'' and before ''Genji (era), Genji''. This period spanned the years from March 1861 through March 1864. The reigning Emperor of Japan, emperor was .
Change of era
* March 29, 1861 (''Man'en 2/Bunkyū 1, 19th day of the 2nd ...
'' and before ''
Keiō.'' This period spanned only slightly more than a single year from March 27, 1864 until May 1, 1865. The reigning emperor was .
The new era name was derived from the ''
I Ching''.
Change of era
* March 27, 1864 (''Bunkyū 4/Genji 1, 20th day of the 2nd month'') : The new era name of Genji (meaning "original rule") was created to mark the beginning of a new 60-year cycle of the
Chinese zodiac. The old era ended and a new one commenced in ''Bunkyū'' 4.
Events
* July 8, 1864 (''Genji 1, fifth day of the sixth month''): The
Ikedaya Jiken, also known as the Ikedaya Affair or Ikedaya Incident, developed at the Ikedaya ryokan in Kyoto.
* August 12, 1864 (''Genji 1, 11th day of the 7th month''):
Sakuma Shōzan is assassinated at age 53. He had traveled from Edo to Kyoto on orders of the shogunate. He was in favor of steps which would lead to an opening of the country, but his voice was stilled by death at the hands of a ''
sonno joi'' supporter.
[National Diet Library]
Portraits of Modern Japanese Historical Figures
* September 5–6, 1864 (''Genji 1, 5th–6th day of the eighth month''):
Bombardment of Shimonoseki
See also
*
Genji Kaku
*
Genji clan
*
Genji Monogatari
*
Genji Tsuushin Agedama
*
Genji Monogatari Sennenki
Notes
References
* Armstrong, Robert Cornell. (1914)
''Light from the East Or Studies in Japanese Confucianism.''Toronto:
University of Toronto Press OCLC 220491442* Griffis, William E. (1915)
''The Mikado: Institution and Person.'' Princeton:
Princeton University Press
Princeton University Press is an independent publisher with close connections to Princeton University. Its mission is to disseminate scholarship within academia and society at large.
The press was founded by Whitney Darrow, with the financial ...
OCLC 413118* Nussbaum, Louis Frédéric and Käthe Roth. (2005). ''Japan Encyclopedia.'' Cambridge:
Harvard University Press.
OCLC 48943301
External links
* National Diet Library, "The Japanese Calendar
-- historical overview plus illustrative images from library's collection
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