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Bunki (文亀) was aJapanese era name (年号,nengō, "year name") afterMeiō and beforeEishō. This period spanned the years from February 1501 through February 1504.^[1] The reigning emperor wasGo-Kashiwabara-tennō (後柏原天皇).^[2]

• 1501Bunki gannen (文亀元年): The era name was changed to mark the anniversary of the enthronement ofGo-Kashiwabara and the 58th year of theChinese zodiac. The previous era ended and a new one commenced in 1501 (Meiō 10, 29th day of the 2nd month).

• 1501 (Bunki 1): The formershōgunYoshimura was exiled. He retired toSuō Province, and he lived in exile in the home of thedaimyō of that han. He changed his name toAshikaga Yoshitane; and he summoned all the military forces of the western empire to come to his aid.Hosokawa Masamoto was made master of all the provinces which encircled theKinai.^[3]
• 1502 (Bunki 2, 7th month):Minamoto no Yoshitaka was elevated to the 2nd tier of the 4th classkuge officials, and he expressed thanks to the emperor for that honor. In the same month, the name ofAshikaga Yoshitaka was changed to that ofYoshizumi.^[4]
• 1503 (Bunki 3): There was a great drought in the summer of this year.^[4]

• Nussbaum, Louis Frédéric and Käthe Roth. (2005).Japan Encyclopedia. Cambridge:Harvard University Press.ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5;OCLC 48943301
• Titsingh, Isaac. (1834).Nihon Ōdai Ichiran; ou,Annales des empereurs du Japon. Paris: Royal Asiatic Society, Oriental Translation Fund of Great Britain and Ireland.OCLC 5850691

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

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