Editing Module:Enbun

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{{nihongo|'''Enbun'''|延文|}}, also transcribed '''Embun''',<ref>Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric ''et al.'' (2005). "E<u>m</u>bun" in [https://books.google.com/books?id=p2QnPijAEmEC&pg=PA175  ''Japan encyclopedia'', p. 175]; 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> was a [[Japanese era name]] (年号, ''nengō'', lit. year name) of the [[Northern Court (Japan)|Northern Court]] during the [[Nanboku-cho|Era of Northern and Southern Courts]] after ''[[Bunna]]'' and before [[Kōan (Muromachi period)|''Kōan'']]. This period spanned the years from March 1356 through March 1361;<ref>Nussbaum, p. 175; n.b., ignoring typo -- era continues until March 1361 per [https://uni-tuebingen.de/geschichte-japans/nengo_calc.htm  NengoCalc] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930014735/http://www.uni-tuebingen.de/geschichte-japans/nengo_calc.htm |date=September 30, 2007 }}, and see Nussbaum, [https://books.google.com/books?id=p2QnPijAEmEC&pg=PA535  ''Kōan'', p. 535.]</ref> The emperor in Kyoto was {{nihongo|[[Emperor Go-Kōgon]]|後光厳天皇|''Go-Kōgon-tennō''}}.<ref>Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). [https://books.google.com/books?id=18oNAAAAIAAJ&pg=PP302 ''Annales des empereurs du japon'', pp. 302-305]; Nussbaum, p. 175.</ref> Go-Kōgon's [[Southern Court]] rival in Yoshino during this time-frame was {{nihongo|[[Emperor Go-Murakami]]|後村上天皇|''Go-Murakami-tennō''}}

==Nanboku-chō overview==
[[Image:Nanbokucho-capitals.svg|thumb|140px|The Imperial seats during the ''Nanboku-chō'' period were in relatively close proximity, but geographically distinct. They were conventionally identified as: {{unordered list|Northern capital : [[Kyoto]] |Southern capital : [[Yoshino, Nara|Yoshino]].}}]]   
During the [[Meiji period]], an Imperial decree dated March 3, 1911 established that the legitimate reigning monarchs of this period were the direct descendants of [[Emperor Go-Daigo]] through Emperor Go-Murakami, whose {{nihongo|Southern Court|南朝|''nanchō''}} had been established in exile in [[Yoshino District|Yoshino]], near Nara.<ref name="concise">Thomas, Julia Adeney. (2001). [https://books.google.com/books?id=Re4djF3oaTMC&dq=1911+texbook+controversy&pg=RA1-PA199  ''Reconfiguring modernity: concepts of nature in Japanese political ideology'', p. 199 n57], citing Mehl, Margaret. (1997). ''History and the State in Nineteenth-Century Japan.'' p. 140-147.</ref>

Until the end of the [[Edo period]], the militarily superior pretender-Emperors supported by the [[Ashikaga shogunate]] had been mistakenly incorporated in Imperial chronologies despite undisputed recognition that the [[Imperial Regalia of Japan|Imperial Regalia]] were not in their possession.<ref name="concise"/>

This illegitimate {{nihongo|[[Northern Court]]|北朝|''hokuchō''}} had been established in [[Kyoto]] by [[Ashikaga Takauji]].<ref name="concise"/>

==Change of era==
* '''1356''', also called {{nihongo|''Enbun gannen''|延文元年}}: The new era name was created to mark an event or series of events. The previous era ended and the new one commenced in ''Bunna'' 5.<ref name="t302">Titsingh, p. 302.</ref>

In this time frame, [[Shōhei]] (1346–1370) was the Southern Court equivalent ''nengō.''

==Events of the Enbun era ==
* '''1356''' (''Enbun 1, 7th month''): [[Minamoto no Michisuke]] was advanced from the court rank of ''[[dainagon]]'' to ''[[naidaijin]].''<ref>Titsingh,  p. 303; n.b., {{nihongo|Minamoto no Michisuke|源通相||1326-1371}} of the {{nihongo|[[Koga family]]|久我家}} will rise to become ''[[daijō daijin]]'' in 1366-1368.</ref>
* '''1356''' (''Enbun 1, 7th month''): [[Ashikaga Yoshinori]] is raised to the second rank of the third class in the court hierarchy.<ref name="titsingh303">Titsingh, p. 303.</ref>
* '''1357''' (''Enbun 2, 2nd month''): Emperor Go-Murakami, who had captured former-[[Emperor Kōgon]], former-[[Emperor Kōmyō]] and former-[[Emperor Sukō]] in 1352, released all three of them and permitted their return from Yoshino to Kyoto.<ref name="titsingh303"/>
* '''1358''' (''Enbun 3''): Death of [[Ashikaga Takauji]];<ref>Titsingh, p. 304.</ref> [[Ashikaga Yoshiakira]] appointed shōgun; dissention and defections in shogunate.<ref>Ackroyd, Joyce. (1982) ''Lessons from History: The Tokushi Yoron, p.329.</ref>

==Notes==
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==References==
* [[Joyce Ackroyd|Ackroyd, Joyce]]. (1982) ''Lessons from History: The [[Tokushi Yoron]].'' Brisbane: [[University of Queensland Press]]. {{ISBN|978-0-7022-1485-1}}
* Mehl, Margaret. (1997). ''History and the State in Nineteenth-Century Japan.'' New York: [[St Martin's Press]]. {{ISBN|978-0-312-21160-8}}; [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/419870136?referer=di&ht=edition OCLC 419870136]
* 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]
* Thomas, Julia Adeney. (2001). ''Reconfiguring Modernity: Concepts of Nature in Japanese Political Ideology.'' Berkeley: [[University of California Press]]. {{ISBN|978-0-520-22854-2}}; {{OCLC|47916285}}
* [[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]

==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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