Editing Module:Bunki

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{{nihongo|'''Bunki'''|文亀}} was a {{nihongo|[[Japanese era name]]|年号| ''nengō''|"year name"}}  after ''[[Meiō]]'' and before ''[[Eishō (Muromachi period)|Eishō]].''  This period spanned the years from February 1501 through February 1504.<ref>Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "''Bunki''" in [https://books.google.com/books?id=p2QnPijAEmEC&pg=PA91&dq=  ''Japan encyclopedia'', p. 91]; 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|[[Go-Kashiwabara]]''-tennō''|後柏原天皇}}.<ref>Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). [https://books.google.com/books?id=18oNAAAAIAAJ&pg=PP9&dq=nipon+o+dai+itsi+ran#PRA1-PA364,M1  ''Annales des empereurs du Japon'', pp. 364]–365.</ref>

==Change of era==
* '''1501''' {{nihongo|''Bunki gannen''|文亀元年}}:  The era name was changed  to mark the anniversary of the enthronement of [[Emperor Go-Kashiwabara of Japan|Go-Kashiwabara]] and the 58th year of the [[Chinese astrology|Chinese zodiac]]. The previous era ended and a new one commenced in 1501 (''Meiō'' 10, 29th day of the 2nd month).

==Events of the ''Bunki'' era==
* '''1501''' (''Bunki 1''): The former ''[[shōgun]]'' [[Ashikaga Yoshitane|Yoshimura]] was exiled. He retired to [[Suō Province]], and he lived in exile in the home of the ''[[daimyō]]'' of that han. He changed his name to [[Ashikaga Yoshitane]]; and he summoned all the military forces of the western empire to come to his aid. [[Hosokawa Masamoto]] was made master of all the provinces which encircled the [[Kinai]].<ref>Titsingh, [https://books.google.com/books?id=18oNAAAAIAAJ&pg=PP9&dq=nipon+o+dai+itsi+ran#PRA1-PA364,M1  p. 364.]</ref>
* '''1502''' (''Bunki 2,  7th month''): [[Minamoto no Yoshitaka]] was elevated to the 2nd tier of the 4th class ''[[kuge]]'' officials, and he expressed thanks to the emperor for that honor. In the same month, the name of [[Ashikaga Yoshizumi|Ashikaga Yoshitaka]] was changed to that of [[Ashikaga Yoshizumi|Yoshizumi]].<ref name="t365">Titsingh, [https://books.google.com/books?id=18oNAAAAIAAJ&pg=PP9&dq=nipon+o+dai+itsi+ran#PRA1-PA365,M1  p. 365.]</ref>
* '''1503''' (''Bunki 3''): There was a great drought in the summer of this year.<ref name="t365"/>

==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 Ōdai 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/ -- historical overview plus illustrative images from library's collection]

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