was a after '' Shōwa'' and before ''

Gen'ō was a after ''Bunpō'' and before '' Genkō''. This period spanned the period from April 1319 through February 1321. The reigning Emperor was .Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). ''Annales des empereurs du Japon'', pp. 278–281; Varley, H. Paul. (1980). ...

''. This period spanned the years from February 1317 to April 1319. The reigning Emperors were and .

Change of era

* 1317 (' ): The new era name was created to mark an event or series of events. The previous era ended and the new one commenced in ''Shōwa'' 6. The name was taken from the ''

Book of Liang The ''Book of Liang'' (''Liáng Shū''), was compiled under Yao Silian and completed in 635. Yao heavily relied on an original manuscript by his father Yao Cha, which has not independently survived, although Yao Cha's comments are quoted in seve ...

'' (AD 635) and means "elegant protection."

Events of the ''Bunpō'' era

During this era, Negotiations between the

Bakufu , officially , was the title of the military dictators of Japan during most of the period spanning from 1185 to 1868. Nominally appointed by the Emperor, shoguns were usually the de facto rulers of the country, though during part of the Kamakur ...

and the two lines resulted in an agreement to alternate the throne between the two lines every 10 years (the ''Bunpō'' Agreement). This agreement did not last very long, being broken by Emperor Go-Daigo. * 1317 (''Bunpō 1, 9th month''): Former-

Emperor Fushimi was the 92nd emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession. His reign spanned the years from 1287 through 1298. Name Before his ascension to the Chrysanthemum Throne, his personal name (his ''imina'') was . Although the ...

died at age 53 years. * 1318 (''Bunpō 2, 2nd month''): In the 11th year of Hanazono''-tennō''s reign (花園天皇11年), the emperor abdicated; and the succession (''senso'') was received by his cousin, the second son of former-Emperor Go-Uda. Shortly thereafter, Emperor Go-Daigo is said to have acceded to the throne (''sokui''). * 1319 (''Bunpō 3, 4th month''): Emperor Go-Daigo caused the ''

nengō The , also known as , is the first of the two elements that identify years in the Japanese era calendar scheme. The second element is a number which indicates the year number within the era (with the first year being ""), followed by the literal ...

'' to be changed to ''

'' to mark the beginning of his reign.Varley, p. 243.

Notes

References

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

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.
OCLC 58053128
* 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
* Varley, H. Paul. (1980). ''A Chronicle of Gods and Sovereigns: Jinnō Shōtōki of Kitabatake Chikafusa''. New York:

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.
OCLC 6042764

External links

* National Diet Library, "The Japanese Calendar
-- historical overview plus illustrative images from library's collection
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