Glossary

Bun'an

文安

Term · calendar

Japanese era name (文安) for the years 1444–1449: 1444 is Bun'an 1 (元年) and Bun'an 6 is 1449. Bun’an (文安) is a Japanese era name (nengō), proclaimed in 1444. Its years are counted in lunar years from the new year before the proclamation: 1444 is Bun’an 1 (元年), 1449 its last year, Bun’an 6. A Japanese source dates a year within it as “Bun’an 2” (文安2年) rather than by a continuous count. Before: Kakitsu. After: Hōtoku.