was a after ''

Ōnin was a after ''Bunshō'' and before ''Bunmei''. This period spanned the years from March 1467 through April 1469. The reigning emperor was . Change of era * 1467 : The era name was changed to mark an event or a number of events. The old era end ...

'' and before ''

Chōkyō was a Japanese era name (年号, ''nengō'', "year name") after ''Bunmei'' and before ''Entoku''. This period spanned the years from July 1487 through August 1489. The reigning emperor was Emperor Go-Tsuchimikado of Japan, Go-Tsuchimikado''-tenn� ...

''. This period spanned from April 1469 through July 1487.Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "''Bunmei''" i
''Japan encyclopedia'', p. 89
n.b., Louis-Frédéric is pseudonym of Louis-Frédéric Nussbaum, ''see'
Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Authority File
The reigning emperor was .

Change of era

* 1469 : The era name was changed to mark an event or a number of events. The old era ended and a new one commenced in ''Ōnin'' 3.

Events of the ''Bunmei'' era

* 1468 (''Bunmei 2, 7th month''): Ichijō Kanera (1402–1481) was relieved of his duties as '' kampaku''.Titsingh
p. 356.
/ref> * January 18, 1471 (''Bunmei 2, 27th day of the 12th month ''): The former Emperor Go-Hanazono died at age 52. * April 16, 1473 (''Bunmei 5, on the 19th day of the 3rd month''):

Yamana Sōzen was originally before becoming a monk. Due to his red complexion, he was sometimes known as ''Aka-nyūdō'', "the Red Monk". He was one of the ''daimyōs'' who fought against Hosokawa Katsumoto during the Ōnin War in Heian-kyō. Biography Yam ...

died at age 70. * 1478 (''Bunmei 10''): Ichijō Kanera published ''Bunmei ittō-ki'' (''On the Unity of Knowledge and Culture'') which deals with

political ethics Political ethics (also known as political morality or public ethics) is the practice of making moral judgments about political action and political agents. It covers two areas. The first is the ethics of process (or the ethics of office), which de ...

and six points about the duties of a prince. * February 21, 1482 (''Bunmei 14, 4th day of the 2nd month''): Construction of

Ashikaga Yoshimasa Ashikaga (足利) may refer to: * Ashikaga clan (足利氏 ''Ashikaga-shi''), a Japanese samurai clan descended from the Minamoto clan; and that formed the basis of the eponymous shogunate ** Ashikaga shogunate (足利幕府 ''Ashikaga bakufu''), a ...

Silver Pavilion __NOTOC__ , officially named , is a Zen temple in the Sakyo ward of Kyoto, Japan. It is one of the constructions that represents the Higashiyama Culture of the Muromachi period. History Ashikaga Yoshimasa initiated plans for creating a retire ...

commenced.Keene, Donald. (2003)
''Yoshimasa and the Silver Pavilion'', p. 87.
/ref>

Notes

References

* Nussbaum, Louis Frédéric and Käthe Roth. (2005). ''Japan Encyclopedia''. Cambridge:

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.
OCLC 48943301
* Keene, Donald. (2003). ''Yoshimasa and the Silver Pavilion: The Creation of the Soul of Japan''. New York:

Columbia University Press Columbia University Press is a university press based in New York City, and affiliated with Columbia University. It is currently directed by Jennifer Crewe (2014–present) and publishes titles in the humanities and sciences, including the fiel ...

.
OCLC 52268947
* Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). ''

Nihon Ōdai Ichiran , ', is a 17th-century chronicle of the serial reigns of Japanese emperors with brief notes about some of the noteworthy events or other happenings. According to the 1871 edition of the ''American Cyclopaedia'', the 1834 French translation of ...

''; ou
''Annales des empereurs du Japon''.
Paris: Royal Asiatic Society, Oriental Translation Fund of Great Britain and Ireland
OCLC 5850691

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