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Period of Japanese history (1804–1818)

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::summary Period of Japanese history (1804–1818) ::

Bunka was a Japanese era name after Kyōwa and before Bunsei. The period spanned the years from January 1804 to April 1818. The reigning emperors were Kōkaku-tennō and Ninkō-Tennō.

Change of era

February 11, 1804 (Bunka gannen): The new era name of Bunka ( meaning "Culture" or "Civilization") was created to mark the start of a new 60-year cycle of the Heavenly Stem and Earthly Branch system of the Chinese calendar which was on New Year's Day, the new moon day of 2 November 1804. The previous era ended and a new one commenced in Kyōwa 4.

Events of the ''Bunka'' era

1804 (Bunka 1): Daigaku-no-kami Hayashi Jussai (1768–1841) explained the shogunate foreign policy to Emperor Kōkaku in Kyoto.
June 1805 (Bunka 2): Genpaku Sugita (1733–1817) is granted an audience with Shōgun Ienari to explain differences between traditional medical knowledge and Western medical knowledge.
September 25, 1810 (Bunka 7, 27th day of the 8th month): Earthquake in northern Honshū (Latitude: 39.900/Longitude: 139.900), 6.6 magnitude on the Surface wave magnitude scale....Click link for NOAA/Japan: Significant Earthquake Database
December 7, 1812 (Bunka 9, 4th day of the 11th month): Earthquake in Honshū (Latitude: 35.400/Longitude: 139.600), 6.6 magnitude.
1817 (Bunka 14): Emperor Kōkaku travelled in procession to Sento Imperial Palace, a palace of an abdicated emperor. The Sento Palace at that time was called Sakura Machi Palace. It had been built by the Tokugawa Shogunate for former-Emperor Go-Mizunoo.

Notes

References

Cullen, Louis M. (2003). A History of Japan, 1582–1941: Internal and External Worlds. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ; ; OCLC 50694793
Nussbaum, Louis Frédéric and Käthe Roth. (2005). Japan Encyclopedia. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. ; OCLC 48943301
Sugita Genpaku. (1930). Dawn of Western Science in Japan. Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten. OCLC 9424185

References

Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "''Bunka''" {{Google books. p2QnPijAEmEC. ''Japan Encyclopedia,'' p. 91
Cullen, L.M. (2003). ''A History of Japan, 1582-1941: Internal and External Worlds'', pp. 117, 163.
Sugita Genpaku. (1969). ''Dawn of Western Science in Japan: Rangaku Kotohajime'', p. xvi.
Online "Significant Earthquake Database" -- U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC)
National Digital Archives of Japan, [http://jpimg.digital.archives.go.jp/kouseisai/category/emaki/sakuramachi_e.html ...see caption describing image of scroll] {{webarchive. link. (2008-01-19)

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