Genbun

Genbun (元文) was a Japanese era name (年号 nengō, "year name") after Kyōhō and before Kanpō. This period spanned the years from April 1736 through February 1741.[1] The reigning emperor was Sakuramachi-tennō (桜町天皇).[2]

Change of era

Events of the Genbun era

Notes

  1. Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Gembun" Japan Encyclopedia, p. 235, p. 235, at Google Books; n.b., Louis-Frédéric is pseudonym of Louis-Frédéric Nussbaum, see Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Authority File.
  2. Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du japon, pp. 417–418.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Titsingh, p. 418.
  4. Screech, Timon. (2006). Secret Memoirs of the Shoguns: Isaac Titsingh and Japan, 1779-1822, pp. 117-121.
  5. 1 2 3 Ponsonby-Fane, Richard. (1956). Kyoto: the Old Capital of Japan, 794-1869, p. 321.

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Preceded by
Kyōhō
Era or nengō
Genbun

17361741
Succeeded by
Kanpō
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