Bunsei (Japanese: 文政) was a Japanese era after Bunka and before Tenpō. This period spanned the years from April 22, 1818 through December 10, 1830. The reigning emperor was Ninkō-Tennō. Japanese era name (年号, nengō, lit. ... Bunka (Japanese: 文化) was a Japanese era after Kyōwa and before Bunsei. ... Tempō (天保) was a Japanese era after Bunsei and before Kōka and spanned from December 10 (?), 1830 to December 2 (?), 1844. ... 1818 (MDCCCXVIII) is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Saturday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar. ... Liberty Leading the People by Eugène Delacroix commemorates the July Revolution 1830 (MDCCCXXX) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... Emperor Ninkō (仁孝天皇) (March 16, 1800 – February 21, 1846) was the 120th imperial ruler of Japan. ...

Change of Era

• Bunsei 1 or Bunsei Gannen (April 22, 1818): The era name was changed because of the enthronement of Ninkō-Tennō in Bunka 15.

1818 (MDCCCXVIII) is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Saturday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar. ... Emperor Ninkō (仁孝天皇) (March 16, 1800 – February 21, 1846) was the 120th imperial ruler of Japan. ...

Source of Name

From Emperor Shun, "舜察天文、斉七政" (Shun reads the Heavens, and so brings together all seven governments) The Emperor Shun (舜) (2258-2211 BC) was a legendary leader of prehistoric China, among the Three August Ones and the Five Emperors. ...

Events of the Bunsei Era

• Bunsei 6 (August 11, 1823): German flora- and fauna-taxonomist Philipp Franz von Siebold arrives at Dejima as new VOC physician. Bakufu policy in this era was designed to marginalize the influence of foreigners in Bunsei Japan; however, an unintended and opposite consequence of sakoku was to enhance the value and significance of a very small number of thoughtful observers like von Siebold, whose writings document what he learned or discovered first-hand. Von Siebold's published accounts and unpublished writings provided a unique and useful perspective for Orientalists and Japanologists in the 19th century; and his work continues to be rigorously examined by modern researchers today.^[1]

1823 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... statue in Akashicho (near Tsukiji), chuo-ku,Tokyo Japan Philipp Franz Balthasar von Siebold (February 17, 1796 in Würzburg - October 18, 1866 in Munich) was a German physician. ... Dejima, also Deshima (出島, literally protruding island) in modern Japanese, Desjima in Dutch, often latinised as Decima, was a fan-shaped artificial island in the bay of Nagasaki that was a Dutch trading post during Japans self-imposed isolation (sakoku) of the Edo period, from 1641 until 1853. ... VOC is a three-letter abbreviation with multiple meanings, as described below: A historic trade organization (Verenigde Oostindische Compagnie); see Dutch East India Company A group of chemical compounds; see Volatile Organic Compounds Vehicle operating costs Voice of the customer Creative Voice file, a proprietary audio format developed by Creative... For the James Clavell novel, see Shogun or for the TV Miniseries. ... The following text needs to be harmonized with text in the article History of Japan#Seclusion. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... Japanese Studies and Japanology both are terms generally used in Europe to describe the historical and cultural study of Japan; in North America, the academic field is usually referred to as Japanese Studies, which includes contemporary social sciences as well as classical humanistic fields. ...

References

• Siebold, (18__). Fauna Japonica. Leiden.
• Siebold, (18__). Flora Japonica. Leiden.

The Gregorian calendar is the most widely used calendar in the world. ... 1818 (MDCCCXVIII) is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Saturday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar. ... 1819 common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... 1820 was a leap year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... The coronation banquet for George IV 1821 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... 1822 (MDCCCXXII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Thursday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... 1823 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... 1824 was a leap year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... Opening of the Stockton and Darlington Railway 1825 (MDCCCXXV) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... The oldest surviving photograph, Nicéphore Niépce, circa 1826 1826 (MDCCCXXVI) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Year 1827 (MDCCCXXVII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar (or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... Year 1828 (MDCCCXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar (or a leap year starting on Thursday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 1829 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... Liberty Leading the People by Eugène Delacroix commemorates the July Revolution 1830 (MDCCCXXX) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ...

See also

• An'ei -- Carl Peter Thunberg, Isaac Titsingh
• Genroku -- Engelbert Kaempfer