Bun'ō
Period of Japanese history (1260–1261 CE)
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Change of era
- 1260 Bun'ō gannen (文応元年): The new era name was created to mark an event or a number of events. The years of the Shōgen era were part of a period marked by famine and epidemics; and the era name was changed in quick succession in the hope that this might bring them to a close.[3] The previous era ended and a new one commenced in Shōka 3.
Events of the Bun'ō era
- 1260 (Bun'ō 1): Crop failures brought widespread starvation.[4]
- 1260 (Bun'ō 1): Nichiren preached in the streets of Kamakura.[5]
- July 16, 1260 (Bun'ō 1, 7th day of the 6th month): Nichiren submitted a formal remonstrance to Hojo Tokiyori; this was the "Treatise on Securing Peace in the Land through the Establishment of True Buddhism" (Rissho Ankoku Ron)[6]
- 1260 (Bun'ō 1): Buddhism was introduced from Japan to the Ryūkyū Kingdom.[7]
- 1260 (Bun'ō 1): The rise of pirates and increased raids from safe havens in Tsushima began to develop into a major problem.[4]