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Change of era
- 1592 Script error: No such module "Nihongo".: The era name was changed. The previous era ended and a new one commenced in Tenshō 20.
Events of the Bunroku era
- 1592 (Bunroku 1): Toyotomi Hideyoshi invades Korea (Bunroku no Eki),[3] also known as Bunroku Keichō no Eki.[1]
- 1592 (Bunroku 1): Ogasawara Sadayori claims to have discovered the Bonin Islands; and the territory was granted to him as a fief by Toyotomi Hideyoshi.[4]
- 1592 (Bunroku 1): Silver coins called Bunroku-tsūhō were minted to pay Hideyoshi's troops. The 23.25 mm diameter coins weighed 1 momme (approximately 3.75 g). Copper coins were issued at the same time, but none are known to have survived.[1]
- 1593 (Bunroku 2): Toyotomi Hideyori is born to Hideyoshi's mistress Yodo-Dono—an infant son and possible heir.[5]
- 1595 (Bunroku 4): Toyotomi Hidetsugu loses his position and power.[6]
- 1589-1595: An agrarian reform (Bunroku no Kenchi) initiated by Hideyoshi; a general census of the population and a national survey.[1]
Notes
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- ↑ a b c d Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Bunroku" in Japan encyclopedia, p. 92; n.b., Louis-Frédéric is pseudonym of Louis-Frédéric Nussbaum, see Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Authority File.
- ↑ Tittsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du japon, pp. 402–405.
- ↑ Titsingh, p. 405.
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ Sansom, George. (1961). A History of Japan, 1334-1615, p. 364.
- ↑ Sansom, p. 366.
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References
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- Nussbaum, Louis Frédéric and Käthe Roth. (2005). Japan Encyclopedia. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. Template:ISBN; OCLC 48943301
- Sansom, George Bailey. (1958). A History of Japan, Template:ISBN; Template:ISBN; OCLC 16859819
- 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
External links
- National Diet Library, "The Japanese Calendar" -- historical overview plus illustrative images from library's collection