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Genji (元治) is a Japanese era name (年号, nengō, lit. "year name") after Bunkyū and before Keiō. This period spanned only slightly more than a single year from March 27, 1864 until May 1, 1865.[1] The reigning emperor was Kōmei-tennō (孝明天皇).
The new era name was derived from the I Ching.
^Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Genji" Japan Encyclopedia, p. 236, p. 236, at Google Books; n.b., Louis-Frédéric is pseudonym of Louis-Frédéric Nussbaum, see Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Authority File.
Genji (元治) is a Japanese era name (年号, nengō, lit. "year name") after Bunkyū and before Keiō. This period spanned only slightly more than a single year...
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court in the Heian period. She is best known as the author of The Tale of Genji, widely considered to be one of the world's first novels, written in Japanese...
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portent." The Great Genji fire, so-called because it occurred during the Genjiera (1864–1865), began on August 20, 1864 ( Genji 1, 19th day of the 7th...
as Genji (源氏) or Genke (源家); 21 cadet branches of Imperial House of Japan. Daigo Genji (醍醐源氏) – descended from 60th emperor Daigo. Go-Daigo Genji (後醍醐源氏)...
Shikibu's The Tale of Genji and the lyrics of Japan's national anthem "Kimigayo" were written during this time. Japan's feudal era was characterized by...
Japanese era name (Japanese: 年号, Hepburn: nengō, "year name") or gengō (元号), is the first of the two elements that identify years in the Japanese era calendar...
no Teika roughly two centuries later. The Tale of Genji was copied extensively in the pre-modern era. The scholar Kikan Ikeda [ja] once performed an extensive...
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(1862-1862) by Mikako Sumiko (1863-1927) by Mikako unknown daughter by Mikako Genji (1871–1872) by Nobu Kaito (1871–1872) by Sachi Takuma (1873–1873) by Sachi...
Monogatari (Tales of Yamato) Aristocratic court romances. Genji Monogatari (The Tale of Genji) Hamamatsu Chūnagon Monogatari Ochikubo Monogatari (The Tale...
2012-05-24 at archive.today. Satow, Ernest Mason. (1905). Japan 1853–1864, Or, Genji Yume Monogatari, p. 11. Ranald MacDonald, The Narrative of His Life, 1824-1894...
Japanese samurai clan that claimed descent from the Seiwa Genji by way of the Kawachi Genji. It was a branch of the Minamoto clan by the Ashikaga clan...
with other women. Like most characters in Genji, Murasaki no Ue is never given a name. This stems from Heian-era manners, which deems referring to people...
was the son of Minamoto no Yoshitomo and belonged to Seiwa Genji's prestigious Kawachi Genji family. After successfully maneuvering himself to the position...
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