Editing Module:Bun'an

{{Short description|Period of Japanese history (1444–1449)}}
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{{nihongo|'''''Bun'an'''''|文安}} was a {{nihongo|[[Japanese era name]]|年号| ''nengō''| lit. "year name"}} after ''[[Kakitsu]]'' and before ''[[Hotoku]].''  This period spanned the years from February 1444 through July 1449.<ref>Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "''Bun'an''" in [https://books.google.com/books?id=p2QnPijAEmEC&pg=PA89&dq=  ''Japan encyclopedia'', p. 89]; n.b., Louis-Frédéric is pseudonym of Louis-Frédéric Nussbaum, ''see'' [https://archive.today/20120524174828/http://dispatch.opac.ddb.de/DB=4.1/PPN?PPN=128842709 Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Authority File].</ref>  The reigning emperor was {{nihongo|[[Emperor Go-Hanazono of Japan|Go-Hanazono]]''-tennō''|後花園天皇}}.<ref>Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). [https://books.google.com/books?id=18oNAAAAIAAJ&pg=PP9&dq=nipon+o+dai+itsi+ran#PRA1-PA331,M1  ''Annales des empereurs du Japon'', pp. 331]-345.</ref>

==Change of era==
* '''1444''' {{nihongo|''Bun'an gannen''|文安元年}}: The era name was changed to mark an event or a number of events. The previous era ended and a new one commenced in ''Kakitsu'' 4.

==Events of the ''Bun'an'' era==
* '''1444''' (''Bun'an 1, 1st month''): [[Ashikaga Yoshimasa|Yoshinari]]<ref>Yoshinari will change his name in ''[[Kyōtoku]]'' 2 (1453); and he will be more conventionally known in history as "Yoshimasa" &ndash; but at this point, that is not yet his name.</ref> made his first visit to ''[[Kanrei]]'' Hatakeyama Motokuni; and on this occasion, all the avenues along the route to and from the meeting were highly guarded.<ref name="t343">Titsingh, [https://books.google.com/books?id=18oNAAAAIAAJ&pg=PP9&dq=nipon+o+dai+itsi+ran#PRA1-PA343,M1  p. 343.]</ref>
* '''1444''' (''Bun'an 1, 4th month''): The inhabitants of the eastern part of the capital and the western part of the capital each demanded exclusive rights to sell the dregs remaining from sake brewing. Crowds gathered at the Shinto shrine, [[Kitano Tenman-gū]]. ''Kanrei'' Motokuni sent troops to arrest the troublemakers, but they all escaped after having reduced the temple and much of western Kyoto to cinders.<ref name="t343"/>
* '''1444''' (''Bun'an 1, 8th month''): One of the [[Three Sacred Treasures]] was found after it had been missing for several months. The Sacred Jewel had been stolen in ''[[Kakitsu]]'' 3, on the 23rd day of the 9th month. Intruders in the palace had managed to steal all of the Sacred Treasures &ndash; the mirror, the sword and the jewel. Later, a guard found the mirror and a priest found the sword, but the location of the jewel remained unknown until the 8th month of ''Bun'an gannen.''<ref name="t343"/>
* '''1445''' (''Bun'an 2, 11th month''): The ''kampaku'' [[Nijō Mochimoto]] died at age 48. [[Konoe Fusatsugu]] and [[Ichijō Kaneyoshi]] became the two primary contenders for this newly vacated position. The emperor sought ''Kanrei'' Motokuni's counsel before naming Fusatsugu to be the new ''kampaku''. The ''dainagon'' Fujiwara Tokifusa becomes ''naidaijin.''<ref name="t343"/>
* '''1445''' (''Bun'an 2, 11th month''): [[Hosokawa Katsumoto]] was named ''kanrei'' at the age of 12.<ref name="t343"/>
* '''1446''' (''Bun'an 3, 11th month''): The ''kampaku'' Fusatsugu asked the emperor to relieve him of his position as ''sadaijin.'' The ''udaijin'' Takakasa Fusahira succeeded Fusatsugu as ''sadaijin''; and the ''dainagon'' [[Nijō Mochimichi]] became ''udaijin.''<ref name="t344">Titsingh, [https://books.google.com/books?id=18oNAAAAIAAJ&pg=PP9&dq=nipon+o+dai+itsi+ran#PRA1-PA344,M1  p. 344.]</ref>
* '''1446''' (''Bun'an 3, 11th month''): The shōgun received a patent from the emperor by which he learned that his name of "[[Ashikaga Yoshimasa|Yoshinari]]" had received Imperial approval.<ref name="t344"/>
* '''1447''' (''Bun'an 4, 11th month''): Yoshinari exercised regularly to improve the accuracy of his archery, and his arrows began to hit the center of the target sometimes.<ref name="t345">Titsingh, [https://books.google.com/books?id=18oNAAAAIAAJ&pg=PP9&dq=nipon+o+dai+itsi+ran#PRA1-PA345,M1  p. 345.]</ref>
* '''1448''' (''Bun'an 5, i2nd month''): The emperor moved in procession to visit his father; and the entire route was guarded by the troops of [[Hosokawa Katsumoto]].<ref name="t345"/>

==Notes==
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==References==
* Nussbaum, Louis Frédéric and Käthe Roth. (2005). ''Japan Encyclopedia.'' Cambridge: [[Harvard University Press]]. {{ISBN|978-0-674-01753-5}}; [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/48943301/editions?editionsView=true&referer=br OCLC 48943301]
* [[Isaac Titsingh|Titsingh, Isaac.]] (1834). ''[[Nihon Odai Ichiran]]''; ou, [https://books.google.com/books?id=18oNAAAAIAAJ&dq=nipon+o+dai+itsi+ran  ''Annales des empereurs du Japon.'']  Paris: Royal Asiatic Society, Oriental Translation Fund of Great Britain and Ireland. [https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/5850691 OCLC 5850691]

==External links==
* [[National Diet Library]], "The Japanese Calendar" [http://www.ndl.go.jp/koyomi/e/ &ndash; historical overview plus illustrative images from library's collection]
 
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