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Bun'ei (文永) was a Japanese era name (年号, nengō, lit. "year name") after Kōchō and before Kenji. This period spanned the years from February 1264 to April 1275.^[1] The reigning emperor was Kameyama-tennō (亀山天皇).^[2]

Change of era[edit]

• 1264 Bun'ei gannen (文永元年); 1264: The new era name was created to mark an event or a number of events. The previous era ended and a new one commenced in Kōchō 4.

Events of the Bun'ei era[edit]

• March 6, 1274 (Bun'ei 11, 26th day of the 1st month): In the 15th year of Kameyama-tennō's reign (亀山天皇15年), the emperor abdicated; and the succession (senso) was received by his cousin.^[3]
• May 4, 1274 (Bun'ei 11, 26th day of the 3rd month): Emperor Go-Uda is said to have acceded to the throne (sokui).^[4] The retired Emperor Kameyama continued to exercise power as cloistered emperor.

• November 19, 1274 (Bun'ei 11, 20th day of the 10th month): Battle of Bun'ei -- Kublai Khan's Mongol forces land at Hakata Bay near FukuokainKyūshū. After landing and some armed skirmishes, the invaders withdraw to spend the night on shipboard. That night, a storm sinks several ships, and the fleet retreats to Korea rather than pressing their initial advantage.^[5] In the course of the day's fighting, the Hakozaki Shrine was burned to the ground.^[6] Nihon Ōdai Ichiran explains that the invaders were defeated because they lacked arrows.^[7]

See also[edit]

• Mongol invasions of Japan
• Battle of Kōan - the second invasion attempt by Kublai Khan, in 1281.

Notes[edit]

References[edit]

• Davis, Paul K. (1999). 100 Decisive Battles: From Ancient Times to the Present. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-514366-9; OCLC 0195143663
• Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric and Käthe Roth. (2005). Japan encyclopedia. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5; OCLC 58053128
• Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Nihon Odai Ichiran; ou, Annales des empereurs du Japon. Paris: Royal Asiatic Society, Oriental Translation Fund of Great Britain and Ireland. OCLC 5850691
• Turnbull, Stephen R. (2003). Genghis Khan & the Mongol Conquests, 1190-1400. London: Routledge. ISBN 9780415968621; ISBN 9780203489505; OCLC 53948747
• Varley, H. Paul. (1980). A Chronicle of Gods and Sovereigns: Jinnō Shōtōki of Kitabatake Chikafusa. New York: Columbia University Press. ISBN 9780231049405; OCLC 6042764

External links[edit]

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