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Genbun

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Genbun(Nguyên văn)was aJapanese era name(Niên hào,nengō,"year name" )afterKyōhōand beforeKanpō.This period spanned the years from April 1736 through February 1741.[1]The reigning emperor wasSakuramachi-tennō(Anh đinh thiên hoàng).[2]: 417–418 

Change of era

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  • 1736Genbun gannen(Nguyên văn nguyên niên):To mark the enthronement of Sakuramachi, the era was changed toGenbun(meaning "Original civility" ). The previous era ended and the new one commenced inKyōhō21, on the 21st day of the 4th month.

Events of theGenbunera

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  • 1736(Genbun 1): The shogunate published an edict declaring that henceforth, the sole, authorized coinage in the empire would be those copper coins which were marked on the obverse with the characterVăn(pronouncedbunin Japanese or pronouncedwenin Chinese—which is to say, the same character which is found in this era name ofGenbun).[2]: 418 
  • 1737(Genbun 2, 11th month): A comet is noticed in the western part of the sky.[2]: 418 
  • 1738(Genbun 3): Esoteric Shinto rituals Daijō-ye(Đại thường hội,,ダイジヤウヱ,,Daijō-sai)were performed by the emperor.[2]: 418 
  • 1739(Genbun 4): Some foundrymen in Edo are commanded to create iron coins for use across the empire.[2]: 418 
  • 1739(Genbun 4): Hosokawa Etchū-no-kami of Higo was killed in Edo castle by Itakura Katsukane, and the killer was ordered to commit suicide as just punishment; however, ShōgunYoshimunepersonally intervened to mitigate the adverse consequences for the killer'sfudaifamily.[3]
  • August 8, 1740(Genbun 5, 16th day of the 7th month): Great floods in Heian-kyō.Sanjo Bridgeis washed away.[4]
  • January 11, 1741(Genbun 5, 24th day of the 11th month): The esotericNiiname-matsuriceremonies were performed. This specific ceremony had otherwise been held in abeyance for the previous 280 years.[4]

Notes

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  1. ^Louis-Frédéric (2005).Japan Encyclopedia.Translated by Käthe Roth. Harvard University Press. p. 235.ISBN9780674017535.
  2. ^abcdeTitsingh, Isaac (1834).Nipon o daï itsi ran; ou, Annales des empereurs du Japon(in French). Paris: Oriental Translation Fund.
  3. ^Screech, Timon. (2006).Secret Memoirs of the Shoguns: Isaac Titsingh and Japan, 1779-1822,pp. 117-121.
  4. ^abPonsonby-Fane, Richard. (1956).Kyoto: the Old Capital of Japan, 794-1869,p. 321.

References

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Preceded by
Kyōhō(Hưởng bảo)
Era ornengō
Genbun(Nguyên văn)

1736–1741
Succeeded by
Kanpō(Khoan bảo)