Bunmei

Bunmei (文明) was a Japanese era name (年号,, nengō,, lit. "year name") after Ōnin and before Chōkyō. This period started in April 1469 and ended in July 1487.^[1] During this time, the emperor was Go-Tsuchimikado-tennō (後土御門天皇).^[2]

Events of the Bunmei era

In the 14th year of Bummei, the major construction work of the Silver Pavilion (Ginkakuji) was started

• 18 January 1471 (Bunmei 2, 27th day of the 12th month ): The former-Emperor Go-Hanazono died at age 52.^[3]

• 16 April 1473 (Bunmei 5, on the 19th day of the 3rd month): Yamana Sōzen died at age 70.^[4]

• 1478 (Bunmei 10): The philosopher Ichijō Kanera (1402–1481) published Bummei ittō-ki (On the Unity of Knowledge and Culture) which is about political ethics.^[5]

• 21 February 1482 (Bummei 14, 4th day of the 2nd month): Construction of Ashikaga Yoshimasa's Silver Pavilion was started.^[6]

• 1484 (Bunmei 16): Ginkaku-ji or "Silver Pavillion" is built by Ashikaga Yoshimasa^[7]

Related pages

• Muromachi period

References

1. Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Bunmei" in Japan encyclopedia, p. 89.
2. Nussbaum, "Go-Tsuchimikado Tennō," p. 265; Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du Japon, pp. 352-360.
3. Carter, Steven D. (1996). Literary patronage in late medieval Japan, p. 65; Titsingh, p. 356; Imperial Household Agency (Kunaichō): 後花園天皇 (102); retrieved 2012-5-23.
4. Titsingh, p. 357.
5. Nussbaum, "Bunmei ittō-ki" at p. 89.
6. Keene, Donald. (2003). Yoshimasa and the Silver Pavillion, p. 87.
7. Asian Historical Architecture, "Ginkaku-ji Temple - 銀閣寺 (built 1484-90 onward)"; retrieved 2012-4-27.

Other websites

• National Diet Library, "The Japanese Calendar" -- historical overview plus illustrative images from library's collection

Bunmei	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	13th	14th	15th	16th	17th	18th	19th
	1469	1470	1471	1472	1473	1474	1475	1476	1477	1478	1479	1480	1481	1482	1483	1484	1485	1486	1487

Preceded by: Ōnin

Era or nengō: Bunmei

Succeeded by: Chōkyō