Bunka

was a  after Kyōwa and before Bunsei.  The period started in January 1804 and ended in April 1818.Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Bunka"  Japan Encyclopedia, p. 91. During this time, the emperors were Nussbaum, "Kōkaku Tennō," p. 546.  and .Nussbaum, "Ninkō Tennō," p. 716; Titsingh, Isaac. (1834).  Annales des empereurs du japon, pp. 420-421.

Events of the Bunka era
 1804 (Bunka 1): Hayashi Jussai explained the foreign policy of the Tokugawa shogunate to the emperor in Kyoto.Cullen, Louis M. (2003). A History of Japan, 1582-1941: Internal and External Worlds, pp. 117, 163.
 June 1805 (Bunka 2): Genpaku Sugita was granted an audience with Shogun Tokugawa Ienari to explain differences between traditional medical knowledge and Western medical knowledge.Sugita Genpaku. (1969). Dawn of Western Science in Japan: Rangaku Kotohajime, p. xvi.
 25 September 1810 (Bunka 7, 27th day of the 8thmonth): Earthquake in northern Honshū (Latitude: 39.900/Longitude: 139.900), 6.6 magnitude on the Richter Scale.U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),  NOAA/Japan: Significant Earthquake Database; retrieved 2011-12-13. 
 7 December 1812 (Bunka 9, 4th day of the 11th month): Earthquake in Honshū (Latitude: 35.400/Longitude: 139.600), 6.6 magnitude on the Richter Scale.
 24 December 1813 (Bunka 10, 2nd day of the 11th month): Former-Empress Go-Sakuramachi died.Meyer, Eva-Maria. (1999).  Japans Kaiserhof in der Edo-Zeit, p. 186; Imperial Household Agency (Kunaichō), 後桜町天皇 (117); retrieved 2012-5-27.
 1817 (Bunka 14): Emperor Kōkaku traveled in procession to Sento Imperial Palace, a palace of an abdicated emperor. The Sento Palace at that time was called Sakura Machi Palace.
 7 May 1817 (Bunka 14, 22nd day of the 3rd month): Kōkaku abdicated; and the succession passed to his son (senso).  Soon after, Emperor Ninkō's role as monarch was confirmed by ceremonies (sokui).Meyer, Eva-Maria. (1999).  Japans Kaiserhof in der Edo-Zeit, pp. 50; Varley, H. Paul. (1980). Jinnō Shōtōki, p. 44;  a distinct act of senso is unrecognized prior to Emperor Tenji; and all sovereigns except Jitō,  Yōzei, Go-Toba, and Fushimi have senso and sokui in the same year until the reign of Emperor Go-Murakami. Compare Kunaichō,  Ceremony of Accession (Sokui-no-Rei); retrieved 2012-6-30.

Related pages 
 Edo period

 References 

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

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