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Bunpō

文保

Term · calendar

Japanese era name (文保) for the years 1317–1319: 1317 is Bunpō 1 (元年) and Bunpō 3 is 1319. Bunpō (文保) is a Japanese era name (nengō), proclaimed in 1317. Its years are counted in lunar years from the new year before the proclamation: 1317 is Bunpō 1 (元年), 1319 its last year, Bunpō 3. A Japanese source dates a year within it as “Bunpō 2” (文保2年) rather than by a continuous count. Before: Shōwa. After: Gen’ō.