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Genji (元治) is a Japanese era name (年号,nengō; lit. "year name") afterBunkyū and beforeKeiō. This period spanned only slightly more than a single year from March 27, 1864 until May 1, 1865.^[1] The reigning emperor wasKōmei-tennō (孝明天皇).

The new era name was derived from theI Ching.

• March 27, 1864 (Bunkyū 4/Genji 1, 20th day of the 2nd month)Genji gannen (元治元年): The new era name of Genji (meaning "original rule") was created to mark the beginning of a new 60-year cycle of theChinese zodiac.^[2] The old era ended and a new one commenced inBunkyū 4.

• July 8, 1864 (Genji 1, fifth day of the sixth month): TheIkedaya Jiken, also known as the Ikedaya Affair or Ikedaya Incident, developed at the Ikedaya ryokan in Kyoto.
• August 12, 1864 (Genji 1, 11th day of the 7th month):Sakuma Shōzan is assassinated at age 53.^[3] He had traveled from Edo to Kyoto on orders of the shogunate. He was in favor of steps which would lead to an opening of the country, but his voice was stilled by death at the hands of asonno joi supporter.^[4]
• September 5–6, 1864 (Genji 1, 5th–6th day of the eighth month):Bombardment of Shimonoseki

• Genji Kaku
• Genji clan
• Genji Monogatari
• Genji Tsuushin Agedama
• Genji Monogatari Sennenki

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• Griffis, William E. (1915).The Mikado: Institution and Person. Princeton:Princeton University Press.OCLC 413118
• Nussbaum, Louis Frédéric and Käthe Roth. (2005).Japan Encyclopedia. Cambridge:Harvard University Press.ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5;OCLC 48943301

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

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