Bunsei

Bunsei (文政) was a Japanese era name (年号,, nengō,, lit. "year name") after Bunka and before Tenpō. This period started in April 1818 and ended in December 1830.^[1] During this time, the emperor was Ninkō-tennō (仁孝天皇).^[2]

Events of the Bunsei era

Coins minted during the Bunsei era

• 1822 (Bunsei 5): Edo was struck with 150 earthquake tremors over three days.^[3]

• 11 August 1823 (Bunsei 6, 6th day of the 7th month): German flora- and fauna-taxonomist Philipp Franz von Siebold arrived at Dejima as new physician for the Dutch trading post in Nagasaki harbor.^[4]

• 13 August 1830 (Bunsei 13, 25th day of the 6th month): Earthquake at Kyoto (Latitude: 35.000/Longitude: 136.000), no Richter scale magnitude can be inferred from the available data.^[5]

Related pages

• Edo period