Editing Module:Bunji (era)

{{Short description|Period of Japanese history (1185–1190 CE)}}
{{History of Japan |image=Shoso-in.jpg |caption=[[Shōsōin]]}}

{{nihongo|'''Bunji'''|文治}} was a {{nihongo|[[Japanese era name]]|年号|''nengō''|lit. "year name"}} after ''[[Genryaku]]'' and before ''[[Kenkyū]].''  This period spanned the years from August 1185 through April 1190.<ref>Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric ''et al.'' (2005). "Empo" in {{Google books|p2QnPijAEmEC|''Japan encyclopedia'', p. 91.|page=91.}}</ref> The reigning emperor was {{nihongo|[[Emperor Go-Toba|Go-Toba]]''-tennō''|後鳥羽天皇}}.<ref>Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). ''Annales des empereurs du Japon'', pp. 207-221; Brown, Delmer ''et al.'' (1979). ''Gukanshō'', pp. 334-339; Varley, H. Paul. (1980). ''Jinnō Shōtōki.'' pp. 215-220.</ref>

==Change of era==
* '''1185''' {{nihongo|''Bunji gannen''|文治元年}}: The new era name was created to mark an event or a number of events.  The previous era ended and a new one commenced in ''Genryaku'' 2, on the 16th day of the 4th month of 1184.<ref>Brown, p. 337.</ref>

==Events of the ''Bunji'' era==
* '''1185''' (''Bunji 1, 29th day of the 11th month''): The court formally approves of the establishment of a [[shogunate]] government at [[Kamakura, Kanagawa|Kamakura]] in the [[Kantō region]].<ref name="k788">Kitagawa, p. 787.</ref>
* '''1186''' (''Bunji 2, 4th month''): [[Go-Shirakawa]] visits [[Kenrei-mon In]], mother of the late [[Emperor Antoku]] and last Imperial survivor of the [[Battle of Dan-no-ura]], at her humble retreat in the nunnery of {{ill|Jakkō-in|ja|寂光院}}, near {{ill|Ōhara, Kyoto|lt=Ōhara|ja|大原 (京都市)}}, [[Sakyō-ku, Kyoto]].<ref name="k788" />

==Notes==
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==References==
* Brown, Delmer and Ichiro Ishida. (1979). ''The Future and the Past: a translation and study of the 'Gukanshō', an interpretative history of Japan written in 1219.''  Berkeley: [[University of California Press]]. {{ISBN|978-0-520-03460-0}}; [https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/5145872  OCLC 5145872]
* Kitagawa, Hiroshi and Bruce T. Tsuchida, eds. (1975). ''[[The Tale of the Heike]].'' Tokyo: [[University of Tokyo Press]].  	{{ISBN|9784130870245}}; <!-- ISBN 9784130870238; ISBN 9780860081883; ISBN 9780860081890; --> [https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/193064639  OCLC 193064639]
* Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric and Käthe Roth. (2005). [https://books.google.com/books?id=p2QnPijAEmEC  ''Japan encyclopedia.''] Cambridge: [[Harvard University Press]]. {{ISBN|978-0-674-01753-5}}; [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/58053128?referer=di&ht=edition  OCLC 58053128]
* [[Isaac Titsingh|Titsingh, Isaac.]] (1834). ''[[Nihon Odai Ichiran]]''; ou, [https://books.google.com/books?id=18oNAAAAIAAJ&q=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]
* [[H. Paul Varley|Varley, H. Paul]]. (1980). ''A Chronicle of Gods and Sovereigns: Jinnō Shōtōki of Kitabatake Chikafusa.'' New York: [[Columbia University Press]].  {{ISBN|9780231049405}}; [https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/6042764  OCLC 6042764]

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

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