Glossary

Ōnin

応仁

Term · calendar

Japanese era name (応仁) for the years 1467–1469: 1467 is Ōnin 1 (元年) and Ōnin 3 is 1469. Ōnin (応仁) is a Japanese era name (nengō), proclaimed in 1467. Its years are counted in lunar years from the new year before the proclamation: 1467 is Ōnin 1 (元年), 1469 its last year, Ōnin 3. A Japanese source dates a year within it as “Ōnin 2” (応仁2年) rather than by a continuous count. Before: Bunshō. After: Bunmei.