Genki

Genki (元亀) was a Japanese era name (年号,, nengō,, lit. 'year" name) after Eiroku and before Tenshō. This period started in April 1570 and ended in July 1573.^[1] During this time, the emperor was Ōgimachi-tennō (正親町天皇).^[2]

Events of the Genki era

This is his grave of Endō Naotsune who was killed in the Battle of Anegawa near Nagahama in the 1st year of Genki

• 1570 (Genki 1, 6th month): At the Battle of Anegawa, the forces of Oda Nobunaga and Tokugawa Ieyasu won a victory.^[3]

• 1571 (Genki 2, 9th month): Nobunaga ordered the destruction of temples on Mount Hiei.^[3]

• 1573 (Genki 4): Oda Nobunaga causes the Ashikaga Yoshiaki, the last Muromachi shogun, to flee Kyoto.^[4]

Related pages

• Muromachi period