Bun'ō

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Template:Nihongo was a Template:Nihongo after Shōka and before Kōchō. This period spanned the years from April 1260 to February 1261.<ref>Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Bun'ō" in Template:Google books; n.b., Louis-Frédéric is pseudonym of Louis-Frédéric Nussbaum, see Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Authority File.</ref> The reigning emperor was Template:Nihongo.<ref>Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du Japon, pp. 255-261; Varley, H. Paul. (1980). Jinnō Shōtōki. p. 232-233.</ref>

Change of era

• 1260 Template:Nihongo: The new era name was created to mark an event or a number of events. The years of the Shōgen era were part of a period marked by famine and epidemics; and the era name was changed in quick succession in the hope that this might bring them to a close.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

|CitationClass=web }}</ref> The previous era ended and a new one commenced in Shōka 3.

Events of the Bun'ō era

• 1260 (Bun'ō 1): Crop failures brought widespread starvation.<ref name="totman110">Totman, Conrad D. (2000). Template:Google books</ref>
• 1260 (Bun'ō 1): Nichiren preached in the streets of Kamakura.<ref>Lloyd, Arthur. (1912). Template:Google books</ref>
• July 16, 1260 (Bun'ō 1, 7th day of the 6th month): Nichiren submitted a formal remonstrance to Hojo Tokiyori; this was the "Treatise on Securing Peace in the Land through the Establishment of True Buddhism" (Rissho Ankoku Ron)<ref>The Life of Nichiren, Part 8, "The Matsubagayatsu Persecution"</ref>
• 1260 (Bun'ō 1): Buddhism was introduced from Japan to the Ryūkyū Kingdom.<ref>Schwarz, Henry B. (1908). Template:Google books</ref>
• 1260 (Bun'ō 1): The rise of pirates and increased raids from safe havens in Tsushima began to develop into a major problem.<ref name="totman110"/>

References

• Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric and Käthe Roth. (2005). Japan encyclopedia. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. Template:ISBN; OCLC 58053128
• Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Nihon Odai Ichiran; ou, Annales des empereurs du Japon. Paris: Royal Asiatic Society, Oriental Translation Fund of Great Britain and Ireland. OCLC 5850691
• Totman, Conrad D. (1999). A History of Japan. Boston: Blackwell. Template:ISBN; Template:ISBN; OCLC 59570371
• Varley, H. Paul. (1980). A Chronicle of Gods and Sovereigns: Jinnō Shōtōki of Kitabatake Chikafusa. New York: Columbia University Press. Template:ISBN; OCLC 6042764

External links

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