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Bunshō

文正

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Japanese era name (文正) for the years 1466–1467: 1466 is Bunshō 1 (元年) and Bunshō 2 is 1467. Bunshō (文正) is a Japanese era name (nengō), proclaimed in 1466. Its years are counted in lunar years from the new year before the proclamation: 1466 is Bunshō 1 (元年), 1467 its last year, Bunshō 2. A Japanese source dates a year within it as “Bunshō 2” (文正2年) rather than by a continuous count. Before: Kanshō. After: Ōnin.