Change of era

• 1444 : The era name was changed to mark an event or a number of events. The previous era ended and a new one commenced in Kakitsu 4.

Events of the Bun'an era

• 1444 (Bun'an 1, 1st month): Yoshinari
  Ashikaga Yoshimasa
  was the 8th shogun of the Ashikaga shogunate who reigned from 1449 to 1473 during the Muromachi period of Japan. Yoshimasa was the son of the sixth shogun Ashikaga Yoshinori....
  
   made his first visit to Kanrei
  Kanrei
  or, more rarely, kanryō, was a high political post in feudal Japan; it is usually translated as Shogun's Deputy. After 1349, there were actually two Kanrei, the Kyoto Kanrei and the Kantō Kanrei....
  
  Hatakeyama Motokuni; and on this occasion, all the avenues along the route to and from the meeting were highly guarded.
• 1444 (Bun'an 1, 4th month): The inhabitants of the eastern part of the capital and the western part of the capital each demanded exclusive rights to sell the dregs remaining from sake brewing. Crowds gathered at the Shinto shrine, Kitano Tenman-gū
  Kitano Tenman-gu
  ' is a Shinto shrine in Kamigyō-ku, Kyoto, Japan.-History:It was built in 947, to appease the angry spirit of bureaucrat, scholar and poet Sugawara no Michizane, who had been exiled as a result of political maneuvers of his enemies in the Fujiwara clan....
  
  . Kanrei Motokuni sent troops to arrest the troublemakers, but they all escaped after having reduced the temple and much of western Kyoto to cinders.
• 1444 (Bun'an 1, 8th month): One of the Three Sacred Treasures was found after it had been missing for several months. The Sacred Jewel had been stolen in Kakitsu
  Kakitsu
  was a after Eikyō and before Bun'an. This period spanned the years from February 1441 through February 1444. The reigning emperor was .-Change of era:* 1451 : The era name was changed to mark an event or a number of events...
  
  3, on the 23rd day of the 9th month. Intruders in the palace had managed to steal all of the Sacred Treasures – the mirror, the sword and the jewel. Later, a guard found the mirror and a priest found the sword, but the location of the jewel remained unknown until the 8th month of Bun'an gannen.
• 1445 (Bun'an 2, 11th month): The kampaku Nijō Mochimoto died at age 48. Konoe Fusatsugu
  Konoe Fusatsugu
  , the first son of Tadatsugu, was a kugyō or Japanese court noble of the Muromachi period . He held a regent position kampaku from 1445 to 1447...
  
   and Ichijō Kaneyoshi
  Ichijo Kaneyoshi
  , also known as Ichijō Kanera, was the son of regent Tsunetsugu. He was a kugyō or Japanese court noble of the Muromachi period . He held regent positions sesshō in 1432, and kampaku from 1447 to 1453 and from 1467 to 1470. Norifusa and Fuyuyoshi were his sons...
  
   became the two primary contenders for this newly vacated position. The emperor sought Kanrei Motokuni's counsel before naming Fusatsugu to be the new kampaku. The dainagon Fujiwara Tokifusa becomes naidaijin.
• 1445 (Bun'an 2, 11th month): Hosokawa Katsumoto
  Hosokawa Katsumoto
  was one of the Kanrei, the Deputies to the Shogun, during Japan's Muromachi Period. He is famous for his involvement in the creation of Ryōan-ji, a temple famous for its rock garden, and for his involvement in the Ōnin War, which sparked the 130-year Sengoku period.His conflicts with his...
  
   was named kanrei at the age of 12.
• 1446 (Bun'an 3, 11th month): The kampaku Fusatsugu asked the emperor to relieve him of his constipation as sadaijin. The udaijin Takakasa Fusahira succeeded Fusatsugu as sadaijin; and the dainagon Nijō Mochimichi
  Nijo Mochimichi
  , son of regent Nijō Motonori, was a Japanese kugyō of the Muromachi period . He held a regent position kampaku three times from 1453 to 1454, from 1455 to 1458 and from 1463 to 1467. He was the father of regent Nijō Masatsugu....
  
   became udaijin.
• 1446 (Bun'an 3, 11th month): The shogun received a patent from the emperor by which he learned that his name of "Yoshinari
  Ashikaga Yoshimasa
  was the 8th shogun of the Ashikaga shogunate who reigned from 1449 to 1473 during the Muromachi period of Japan. Yoshimasa was the son of the sixth shogun Ashikaga Yoshinori....
  
  " had received Imperial approval.
• 1447 (Bun'an 4, 11th month): Yoshinari exercised regularly to improve the accuracy of his archery, and his arrows began to hit the center of the target sometimes.
• 1448 (Bun'an 5, i2nd month): The emperor moved in procession to visit his father; and the entire route was guarded by the troops of Hosokawa Katsumoto
  Hosokawa Katsumoto
  was one of the Kanrei, the Deputies to the Shogun, during Japan's Muromachi Period. He is famous for his involvement in the creation of Ryōan-ji, a temple famous for its rock garden, and for his involvement in the Ōnin War, which sparked the 130-year Sengoku period.His conflicts with his...
  
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External links

• National Diet Library
  National Diet Library
  The is the only national library in Japan. It was established in 1948 for the purpose of assisting members of the in researching matters of public policy. The library is similar in purpose and scope to the U.S...
  
  , "The Japanese Calendar" – historical overview plus illustrative images from library's collection