Glossary

Bunna

文和

Term · calendar

Japanese era name (文和) for the years 1352–1355: 1352 is Bunna 1 (元年) and Bunna 4 is 1355. Bunna (文和) is a Japanese era name (nengō), proclaimed in 1352. Its years are counted in lunar years from the new year before the proclamation: 1352 is Bunna 1 (元年), 1355 its last year, Bunna 4. A Japanese source dates a year within it as “Bunna 2” (文和2年) rather than by a continuous count. Before: Kannō. After: Enbun.