Genbun era

The era Genbun (in Japanese: ja 元文) is one of the eras of Japan (ja 年号, nengō , literally “the name of the year”) according to the era Kyōhō and preceding the era Kanpō extending from the 1736 to the 1741. The emperors reigning was Sakuramachi - tennō (ja 桜町天皇).

Change of the era

The Genbun era was proclaimed at the time of twenty-and-uneième year of Kyōhō (1736).

Events of the Genbun era

  • Genbun gannen (元文元年) or Genbun 1 (1736):

References

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