Genna

Genna (元和) was a Japanese era name (年号,, nengō,, lit. "year" name") coming after Keichō and before Kan'ei. This period started in July 1615 and ended in February 1624.^[1] During this time, the emperor was Go-Mizunoo-tennō (後水尾天皇).^[2]

The nengō Genna means "Commencement of Concord".^[3]

Events of the Genna era

Osaka Castle was burned in the 1st year of Genna

1615 (Genna 1): Tokugawa forces burned Osaka Castle.^[4]
1 September 1615 (Genna 1, 9th day of the 7th month): Tokugawa Ieyasu pulled down Hōkoku-jinja.^[5]
1616 (Genna 2): Kida Kōan publishes Genna kokaisho, which is a book on ocean navigation.^[1]
1 June 1616 (Genna 2, 17th day of the 4th month): Ieyasu died at Suruga Castle.^[4]
26 September 1617 (Genna 3, 26th day of the 8th month): Former-Emperor Go-Yōzei died. He was buried at Nikkō.^[4]
1618 (Genna 4, 8th month): A comet appeared in the sky.^[6]
5 July 1620 (Genna 6, 6th day of the 6th month): The emperor married Tokugawa Kazuko who was the daughter of the shogun.^[7]
1620 (Genna 6): There were destructive fires in Kyoto in the 2nd and 3rd month.^[4]

Related pages

Edo period

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric (2002). Japan Encyclopedia. Harvard University Press. p. 239. ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5.
↑ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric (2002). Japan Encyclopedia. Harvard University Press. pp. 256–257. ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5.
↑ Munro, Neil Gordon (1904). Coins of Japan. Box of curios printing and publishing Company. p. 63.
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 ^4.2 ^4.3 Klaproth, Julius von (1834). Nipon o dai itsi ran: ou Annales des empereurs du Japon. Oriental Translation Fund. p. 410.
↑ Ponsonby-Fane, Richard. (1956). Kyoto: the Old Capital of Japan, 794-1869, p. 317.
↑ Titsingh, p. 410.
↑ Klaproth, Julius von (1834). Nipon o dai itsi ran: ou Annales des empereurs du Japon. Oriental Translation Fund. p. 317.

Other websites

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

Genna	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th
	1615	1616	1617	1618	1619	1620	1621	1622	1623	1624

Preceded by:
Keichō

Era or nengō:
Genna

Succeeded by:
Kan'ei

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[Nussbaum_2002_239-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric (2002). Japan Encyclopedia. Harvard University Press. p. 239. ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5.

[2] Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric (2002). Japan Encyclopedia. Harvard University Press. pp. 256–257. ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5.

[3] Munro, Neil Gordon (1904). Coins of Japan. Box of curios printing and publishing Company. p. 63.

[titsingh410-4] 4.0 ^4.1 ^4.2 ^4.3 Klaproth, Julius von (1834). Nipon o dai itsi ran: ou Annales des empereurs du Japon. Oriental Translation Fund. p. 410.

[p317-5] Ponsonby-Fane, Richard. (1956). Kyoto: the Old Capital of Japan, 794-1869, p. 317.

[titsingh4101-6] Titsingh, p. 410.

[7] Klaproth, Julius von (1834). Nipon o dai itsi ran: ou Annales des empereurs du Japon. Oriental Translation Fund. p. 317.

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