Bun'ei

Bun'ei
文永
February 1264 – April 1275
Buddha of Infinite Light and Life, sculpted in Osaka in 1269 by Kōshun, Kōshin, and Jōshun.
LocationJapan
Monarch(s)Emperor Kameyama (to March 1274)
Emperor Go-Uda (from March 1274)
Chronology
Kōchō Kenji class-skin-invert-image

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]

  1. ^ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Bun'ei" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 90, p. 90, at Google Books; n.b., Louis-Frédéric is pseudonym of Louis-Frédéric Nussbaum, see Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Authority File.
  2. ^ Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du Japon, pp. 253-261, p. 253, at Google Books; Varley, H. Paul. (1980). Jinnō Shōtōki. p. 232-233.