Enbun

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Japanese era from 1356 to 1361

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::summary Japanese era from 1356 to 1361 ::

Enbun, also transcribed Embun, was a Japanese era name (年号, nengō, lit. year name) of the Northern Court during the Era of Northern and Southern Courts after Bunna and before Kōan. This period spanned the years from March 1356 through March 1361; The emperor in Kyoto was Emperor Go-Kōgon. Go-Kōgon's Southern Court rival in Yoshino during this time-frame was Emperor Go-Murakami

Nanboku-chō overview

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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 Southern Court had been established in exile in Yoshino, near Nara.

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 undisputed recognition that the Imperial Regalia were not in their possession.

This illegitimate Northern Court had been established in Kyoto by Ashikaga Takauji.

Change of era

  • 1356, also called Enbun gannen: The new era name was created to mark an event or series of events. The previous era ended and the new one commenced in Bunna 5.

In this time frame, Shōhei (1346–1370) was the Southern Court equivalent nengō.

Events of the Enbun era

Notes

References

References

  1. Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric ''et al.'' (2005). "Embun" in [https://books.google.com/books?id=p2QnPijAEmEC&pg=PA175 ''Japan encyclopedia'', p. 175]; n.b., Louis-Frédéric is pseudonym of Louis-Frédéric Nussbaum, ''see'' [https://archive.today/20120524174828/http://dispatch.opac.ddb.de/DB=4.1/PPN?PPN=128842709 Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Authority File].
  2. Nussbaum, p. 175; n.b., ignoring typo -- era continues until March 1361 per [https://uni-tuebingen.de/geschichte-japans/nengo_calc.htm NengoCalc] {{webarchive. link. (September 30, 2007 , and see Nussbaum, [https://books.google.com/books?id=p2QnPijAEmEC&pg=PA535 ''Kōan'', p. 535.])
  3. Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). [https://books.google.com/books?id=18oNAAAAIAAJ&pg=PP302 ''Annales des empereurs du japon'', pp. 302-305]; Nussbaum, p. 175.
  4. Thomas, Julia Adeney. (2001). [https://books.google.com/books?id=Re4djF3oaTMC&dq=1911+texbook+controversy&pg=RA1-PA199 ''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.
  5. Titsingh, p. 302.
  6. Titsingh, p. 303; n.b., {{nihongo. Minamoto no Michisuke. 源通相. 1326-1371 of the {{nihongo. [[Koga family]]. 久我家 will rise to become ''[[daijō daijin]]'' in 1366-1368.
  7. Titsingh, p. 303.
  8. Titsingh, p. 304.
  9. Ackroyd, Joyce. (1982) ''Lessons from History: The Tokushi Yoron'', p.329.

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