Glossary

Bunki

文亀

Term · calendar

Japanese era name (文亀) for the years 1501–1504: 1501 is Bunki 1 (元年) and Bunki 4 is 1504. Bunki (文亀) is a Japanese era name (nengō), proclaimed in 1501. Its years are counted in lunar years from the new year before the proclamation: 1501 is Bunki 1 (元年), 1504 its last year, Bunki 4. A Japanese source dates a year within it as “Bunki 2” (文亀2年) rather than by a continuous count. Before: Meiō. After: Eishō.