is a after Bunkyū and before Keiō. This period spanned only slightly more than a single year from March 27, 1864 until May 1, 1865. The reigning emperor was .
The new era name was derived from the I Ching.
Change of era
March 27, 1864 (Bunkyū 4/Genji 1, 20th day of the 2nd month) : The new era name of Genji (meaning "original rule") was created to mark the beginning of a new 60-year cycle of the Chinese zodiac. The old era ended and a new one commenced in Bunkyū 4.
Events
July 8, 1864 (Genji 1, fifth day of the sixth month): The Ikedaya Jiken, also known as the Ikedaya Affair or Ikedaya Incident, developed at the Ikedaya ryokan in Kyoto. August 12, 1864 (Genji 1, 11th day of the 7th month): Sakuma Shōzan is assassinated at age 53. He had traveled from Edo to Kyoto on orders of the shogunate. He was in favor of steps which would lead to an opening of the country, but his voice was stilled by death at the hands of a sonno joi supporter. September 5–6, 1864 (Genji 1, 5th–6th day of the eighth month): Bombardment of Shimonoseki
See also
Genji Kaku
Genji clan
Genji Monogatari
Genji Tsuushin Agedama
Genji Monogatari Sennenki
Notes
References
Armstrong, Robert Cornell. (1914). Light from the East Or Studies in Japanese Confucianism. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. OCLC 220491442 Griffis, William E. (1915). The Mikado: Institution and Person. Princeton: Princeton University Press. OCLC 413118 Nussbaum, Louis Frédéric and Käthe Roth. (2005). Japan Encyclopedia. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. ; OCLC 48943301
External links
National Diet Library, "The Japanese Calendar" -- historical overview plus illustrative images from library's collection