Editing Module:Genki (era)

{{Short description|Period of Japanese history (1570–1573)}}
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{{nihongo|'''''Genki'''''|元亀}} was a {{nihongo|[[Japanese era name]]|年号|''nengō''|"year name"}} after ''[[Eiroku]]'' and before ''[[Tenshō (Momoyama period)|Tenshō]]''. This period spanned from April 1570 through July 1573.<ref>Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "''Genki''" in [https://books.google.com/books?id=p2QnPijAEmEC&pg=PA238  ''Japan encyclopedia'', p. 238]; 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 Ōgimachi|Ōgimachi]]''-tennō''|正親町天皇 }}.<ref>Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). [https://books.google.com/books?id=18oNAAAAIAAJ&dq=nipon+o+dai+itsi+ran&pg=PP9  ''Annales des empereurs du Japon'',  p. 383.]</ref>

==Change of era==
* {{nihongo|'''''Genki gannen'''''|元亀元年}}; 1570: The era name was changed because of various wars. The previous era ended and a new one commenced in ''Eiroku'' 13, on the 23rd day of the 4th month.

==Events of the ''Genki'' era==
* '''1570''' (''Genki 1, 6th month''): The combined forces of the [[Azai clan]], led by [[Azai Nagamasa]], and the [[Asakura clan]], led by [[Asakura Yoshikage]], met the forces of [[Oda Nobunaga]] in a shallow riverbed. The confrontation has come to be known as the [[Battle of Anegawa]]. [[Tokugawa Ieyasu]] led forces which came to the aid of Oda's army; and Oda claimed the victory.<ref>Titsingh, [https://books.google.com/books?id=18oNAAAAIAAJ&dq=nipon+o+dai+itsi+ran&pg=PP9  p. 388.]</ref>
* '''1571''' (''Genki 2, 9th month''): Nobunaga marched into [[Ōmi Province]] at the head of his army which surrounded Mt. Hiei. He massacred the priests and everyone else associated with the mountain temples; and then he gave orders that every structure on the mountain should be burned.<ref>Titsingh, [https://books.google.com/books?id=18oNAAAAIAAJ&dq=nipon+o+dai+itsi+ran&pg=PP9  pp. 388–389.]</ref>
* '''1572''' (''Genki 3, 12th month''): [[Takeda Shingen]], the ''[[daimyō]]'' of [[Kai Province]], led his army into [[Tōtōmi Province]]  where he engaged the forces of [[Tokugawa Ieyasu]] at the [[Battle of Mikatagahara]].<ref>Titsingh, [https://books.google.com/books?id=18oNAAAAIAAJ&dq=nipon+o+dai+itsi+ran&pg=PP9  p. 389.]</ref>
* '''1573''' (''Genki 4, 2nd month''): [[Ashikaga Yoshiaki]] began to fortify Nijō Castle; and he sent messages to [[Azai Nagamasa]], [[Asakura Yoshikage]], and [[Takeda Shingen]], announcing his intention to start a [[Revolt of Ashikaga Yoshiaki|Revolt]] against Nobunaga. Six months later, the confrontation would end with Yoshiaki driven out of Kyoto and the [[Ashikaga shogunate]] ''[[de facto]]'' dismantled.<ref>Hisashi, Fujiki ''et al.'' (1981). "The Political Posture of Oda Nobunaga", in ''Japan Before Tokugawa'', p. 169.</ref>

==Notes==
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==References==
* [[John Whitney Hall|Hall, John Whitney]], Keiji Nagahara, Kozo Yamamura and Kōzō Yamamura (1981). [https://books.google.com/books?id=p8WmHgAACAAJ&q=Japan+before+tokugawa  ''Japan Before Tokugawa: Political Consolidation and Economic Growth, 1500–1650''.] Princeton: [[Princeton University Press]]. {{ISBN|978-0-691-05308-0}}
* 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&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]
* Totman, Conrad. (2000). [https://books.google.com/books?id=UJLtPR_gMtsC&dq=genki+history+OR+japan&pg=PP1  ''A History of Japan''.] Oxford: [[Blackwell Publishing]]. {{ISBN|0-631-21447-X}}

==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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