Bunchū

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Bunchū (文中) was a Japanese era name (年号, nengō, lit. year name) of the Southern Court during the Era of Northern and Southern Courts after Kentoku and before Tenju. This period spanned the years from October 1372 to May 1375.<ref>Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Bunchū" in Japan encyclopedia, p. 90; n.b., Louis-Frédéric is pseudonym of Louis-Frédéric Nussbaum, see Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Authority File.</ref> The Southern Court emperor in Yoshino during this timeframe was Template:Nihongo. The Northern court emperor in Kyoto was Template:Nihongo.<ref>Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du japon, pp. 310-312.</ref>

Nanboku-chō overview

The Imperial seats during the Nanboku-chō period were in relatively close proximity, but geographically distinct. They were conventionally identified as:Template:Unordered list

During the Meiji period, an Imperial decree dated March 3, 1911, established that the legitimate reigning monarchs of this period were the direct descendants of Emperor Go-Daigo through Emperor Go-Murakami, whose Template:Nihongo had been established in exile in Yoshino, near Nara.<ref name="concise">Thomas, Julia Adeney. (2001). Reconfiguring modernity: concepts of nature in Japanese political ideology, p. 199 n57, citing Mehl, Margaret. (1997). History and the State in Nineteenth-Century Japan. p. 140-147.</ref>

Until the end of the Edo period, the militarily superior pretender-Emperors supported by the Ashikaga shogunate had been mistakenly incorporated in Imperial chronologies, despite the undisputed fact that the Imperial Regalia were not in their possession.<ref name="concise"/>

This illegitimate Template:Nihongo had been established in Kyoto by Ashikaga Takauji.<ref name="concise"/>

Change of era

  • 1372, also called Template:Nihongo: The new era name was created to mark an event or series of events. The previous era ended and the new one commenced in Kentoku 3.<ref name="titsingh310">Titsingh, p. 310.</ref>

In this time frame, Ōan (1368–1375) was the Southern Court equivalent nengō.<ref name="titsingh310"/>

Events of the Bunchū Era

  • 1372 (Bunchū 1): Shōgun Ashikaga Yoshimitsu establishes an annual revenue for Iwashimizu Hachiman-gū.<ref name="titsingh310"/>
  • 1373-1406 (Bunchū 2 – Ōei 13): Embassies between China and Japan.<ref name="a329">Ackroyd, Joyce. (1982) Lessons from History: The "Tokushi Yoron", p. 329.</ref>
  • 1374 (Bunchū 3): The former Emperor Go-Kōgon died at age 73,<ref>Titsingh, p. 311.</ref>
  • 1374 (Bunchū 3): Emperor Go-En'yū ascends northern throne.<ref name="a329"/>

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