(contemporarily written as 延寳) is the after ''

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'' and before '' Tenna.'' This period spanned the years from September 1673 to September 1681. The reigning emperor was .

Change of era

* 1673 : The new era of ''Enpō'' (meaning "Prolonged Wealth") was created to mark a number of disasters, including a great fire in Kyōto. The previous era ended and a new one commenced in ''Kanbun'' 14, on the ninth day of the 13th month.

Events of the ''Enpō'' era

* 1673 (''Enpō 1''): There was a great fire in Heian-kyō.Titsingh
p. 414.
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financial success began with the opening of a dry good store in Edo. * May 10, 1674 (''Enpō 2, 5th day of the 4th month''): Ingen Ryūki, founder of the Ōbaku sect of Japanese Zen Buddhism, died at Manpuku-ji, a Buddhist temple which Ingen had founded at Uji, near Heian-kyō. * 1675 (''Enpō 3''): A devastating fire burned Heian-kyō. * 1675 (''Enpō 3''): The

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(''Ogasawara'' Islands) are explored by shogunate expedition, following up "discovery" of the islands by the Japanese when a ship bound for Edo from Kyūshū is blown off course by a storm in ''

'' 10. The islands are claimed as a territory of Japan.Tanaka, Hiroyuki. (1993). "The Ogasawara Islands in Tokugawa Japan", ''Kaiji Shi Kenkyuu (Journal of the Maritime History)''. * April 7, 1680 (''Enpō 8, 8th day of the 3rd month'') : Tokugawa Ietsuna, the 4th shōgun of the Edo bakufu died; and his named successor, Tokugawa Tsunayoshi, was ready to take his place as the 5th Tokugawa shōgun.

Notes

References

* Hall, John Whitney. (1970). ''Japan: From Prehistory to Modern Times'' in ''Delacorte World History'', Vol. XX. New York:

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

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* Screech, Timon. (2006)
''Secret Memoirs of the Shoguns: Isaac Titsingh and Japan, 1779–1822''.
London: RoutledgeCurzon.
OCLC 65177072
* Tanaka, Hiroyuki. (1993). "The Ogasawara Islands in Tokugawa Japan", ''Kaiji Shi Kenkyuu (Journal of the Maritime History)''. No. 50, June, 1993, Tokyo: The Japan Society of the History of Maritim

* Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). '' Nihon Ōdai Ichiran''; ou
''Annales des empereurs du Japon''.
Paris: Royal Asiatic Society, Oriental Translation Fund of Great Britain and Ireland
OCLC 5850691

External links

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