was a after ''

Kakitsu was a after ''Eikyō'' and before ''Bun'an''. This period spanned the years from February 1441 through February 1444. The reigning emperor was . Change of era * 1451 : The era name was changed to mark an event or a number of events. The previ ...

'' and before '' Hotoku.'' This period spanned the years from February 1444 through July 1449. The reigning emperor was .

Change of era

* 1444 : The era name was changed to mark an event or a number of events. The previous era ended and a new one commenced in ''Kakitsu'' 4.

Events of the ''Bun'an'' era

* 1444 (''Bun'an 1, 1st month''): YoshinariYoshinari will change his name in ''

Kyōtoku was a after '' Hōtoku'' and before '' Kōshō.'' This period spanned the years from July 1452 through July 1455. The reigning emperor was . Change of era * 1452 : The era name was changed to mark an event or a number of events. The old era e ...

'' 2 (1453); and he will be more conventionally known in history as "Yoshimasa" – but at this point, that is not yet his name. made his first visit to ''

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'' Hatakeyama Motokuni; and on this occasion, all the avenues along the route to and from the meeting were highly guarded.Titsingh
p. 343.
/ref> * 1444 (''Bun'an 1, 4th month''): The inhabitants of the eastern part of the capital and the western part of the capital each demanded exclusive rights to sell the dregs remaining from sake brewing. Crowds gathered at the Shinto shrine,

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. ''Kanrei'' Motokuni sent troops to arrest the troublemakers, but they all escaped after having reduced the temple and much of western Kyoto to cinders. * 1444 (''Bun'an 1, 8th month''): One of the

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was found after it had been missing for several months. The Sacred Jewel had been stolen in ''

'' 3, on the 23rd day of the 9th month. Intruders in the palace had managed to steal all of the Sacred Treasures – the mirror, the sword and the jewel. Later, a guard found the mirror and a priest found the sword, but the location of the jewel remained unknown until the 8th month of ''Bun'an gannen.'' * 1445 (''Bun'an 2, 11th month''): The ''kampaku'' Nijō Mochimoto died at age 48.

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and

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became the two primary contenders for this newly vacated position. The emperor sought ''Kanrei'' Motokuni's counsel before naming Fusatsugu to be the new ''kampaku''. The ''dainagon'' Fujiwara Tokifusa becomes ''naidaijin.'' * 1445 (''Bun'an 2, 11th month''):

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was named ''kanrei'' at the age of 12. * 1446 (''Bun'an 3, 11th month''): The ''kampaku'' Fusatsugu asked the emperor to relieve him of his position as ''sadaijin.'' The ''udaijin'' Takakasa Fusahira succeeded Fusatsugu as ''sadaijin''; and the ''dainagon''

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became ''udaijin.''Titsingh
p. 344.
/ref> * 1446 (''Bun'an 3, 11th month''): The shōgun received a patent from the emperor by which he learned that his name of " Yoshinari" had received Imperial approval. * 1447 (''Bun'an 4, 11th month''): Yoshinari exercised regularly to improve the accuracy of his archery, and his arrows began to hit the center of the target sometimes.Titsingh
p. 345.
/ref> * 1448 (''Bun'an 5, i2nd month''): The emperor moved in procession to visit his father; and the entire route was guarded by the troops of

Notes

References

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

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* Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). ''

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