Module:Bun'ō
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Change of era[edit source]
- 1260 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Yesno' not found.: The new era name was created to mark an event or a number of events. The years of the Shōgen era were part of a period marked by famine and epidemics; and the era name was changed in quick succession in the hope that this might bring them to a close.[3] The previous era ended and a new one commenced in Shōka 3.
Events of the Bun'ō era[edit source]
- 1260 (Bun'ō 1): Crop failures brought widespread starvation.[4]
- 1260 (Bun'ō 1): Nichiren preached in the streets of Kamakura.[5]
- July 16, 1260 (Bun'ō 1, 7th day of the 6th month): Nichiren submitted a formal remonstrance to Hojo Tokiyori; this was the "Treatise on Securing Peace in the Land through the Establishment of True Buddhism" (Rissho Ankoku Ron)[6]
- 1260 (Bun'ō 1): Buddhism was introduced from Japan to the Ryūkyū Kingdom.[7]
- 1260 (Bun'ō 1): The rise of pirates and increased raids from safe havens in Tsushima began to develop into a major problem.[4]
Notes[edit source]
- ↑ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Bun'ō" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 92, p. 92, at Google Books; n.b., Louis-Frédéric is pseudonym of Louis-Frédéric Nussbaum, see Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Authority File.
- ↑ Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du Japon, pp. 255-261; Varley, H. Paul. (1980). Jinnō Shōtōki. p. 232-233.
- ↑ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2088: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Totman, Conrad D. (2000). A history of Japan, p. 110., p. 110, at Google Books
- ↑ Lloyd, Arthur. (1912). The Creed of Half Japan: Historical Sketches of Japanese Buddhism, p. 287, at Google Books
- ↑ The Life of Nichiren, Part 8, "The Matsubagayatsu Persecution"
- ↑ Schwarz, Henry B. (1908). In Togo's Country: Some Studies in Satsuma and Other Little Known Parts of Japan, p. 130, p. 130, at Google Books
References[edit source]
- Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric and Käthe Roth. (2005). Japan encyclopedia. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. Template:ISBN; OCLC 58053128
- Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Nihon Odai Ichiran; ou, Annales des empereurs du Japon. Paris: Royal Asiatic Society, Oriental Translation Fund of Great Britain and Ireland. OCLC 5850691
- Totman, Conrad D. (1999). A History of Japan. Boston: Blackwell. Template:ISBN; Template:ISBN; OCLC 59570371
- Varley, H. Paul. (1980). A Chronicle of Gods and Sovereigns: Jinnō Shōtōki of Kitabatake Chikafusa. New York: Columbia University Press. Template:ISBN; OCLC 6042764
External links[edit source]
- National Diet Library, "The Japanese Calendar" -- historical overview plus illustrative images from library's collection