Glossary

Bunroku

文禄

Term · calendar

Japanese era name (文禄) for the years 1592–1596: 1592 is Bunroku 1 (元年) and Bunroku 5 is 1596. Bunroku (文禄) is a Japanese era name (nengō), proclaimed in 1592. Its years are counted in lunar years from the new year before the proclamation: 1592 is Bunroku 1 (元年), 1596 its last year, Bunroku 5. A Japanese source dates a year within it as “Bunroku 2” (文禄2年) rather than by a continuous count. Before: Tenshō. After: Keichō.