Bunkyū

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Bunkyū was a Japanese era name of the late Edo period, spanning the early 1860s during the reign of Emperor Kōmei and marked by growing internal unrest and foreign pressure on Japan.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Japanese era name
nengō
associatedWith Bakumatsu period NERFINISHED
Tokugawa shogunate NERFINISHED
opening of Japan to foreign powers
unequal treaties era
calendarSystem Japanese lunisolar calendar
chronologicalPosition one of the final eras of the Edo period
country Japan
endYear 1864
eraStatus completed era
follows Man’en NERFINISHED
governmentTypeDuringEra Tokugawa shogunate NERFINISHED
hasLanguage Japanese
hasType era of Japanese imperial calendar
historicalContext growing internal unrest in Japan
increasing foreign pressure on Japan
locatedInTimePeriod late Edo period
namedFor era change during Emperor Kōmei’s reign
partOf Edo period era system
precedes Genji NERFINISHED
predecessorEra Man’en NERFINISHED
region Japanese archipelago NERFINISHED
reignOf Emperor Kōmei NERFINISHED
startYear 1861
successorEra Genji NERFINISHED
usedBy bakufu administration
imperial court of Japan NERFINISHED
usedFor dating years in historical records
dating years in official documents
writingSystem kanji

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