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    Genbun (元文) was a Japanese era name (年号, nengō, "year name") after Kyōhō and before Kanpō. This period spanned the years from April 1736 through February...
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  • Genbun itchi (Japanese: 言文一致, literally meaning "unification of the spoken and written language") was a successful nineteenth and early-twentieth century...
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    was a Japanese era name (年号, nengō, "year name") after Shōtoku and before Genbun. This period spanned the years from July 1716 through April 1736. The reigning...
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    Japanese era name (年号, nengō, lit. "year name"), also known as Kampō, after Genbun and before Enkyō. This period spanned the years from February 1741 through...
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    ISBN 978-1-906876-20-3. Nakanishi, Susumu (8 August 1978). Man'yōshū Zen'yakuchū Genbun-tsuki (Ichi) 万葉集 全訳注原文付(一) [Man'yōshū: a Full Translation and Commentary...
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    title of Daijō Tennō (Retired Emperor), and the era's name was changed to Genbun (meaning "Original civility") to mark the occasion. Even though he was retired...
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    元禄 1688~1704 Hōei 宝永 1704~1711 Shōtoku 正徳 1711~1716 Kyōhō 享保 1716~1736 Genbun 元文 1736~1741 Kanpō 寛保 1741~1744 Enkyō 延享 1744~1748 Kan'en 寛延 1748~1751 Hōreki...
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    ōzeki in 1717. According to tradition, he was the strongest wrestler in the Genbun era. He was a famous sumo wrestler in Edo, Osaka and Kyoto. The 17th Oikaze...
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    his ascension to the throne. Emperor Sakuramachi 桜町天皇 (r. 1735–1747 AD) Genbun 元文 1736–1741 CE 6 years Selections of Refined Literature Kanpō 寛保 1741–1744...
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    father abdicated in his favor, the era's name was changed from Kyōhō to Genbun to mark this event. While he held the political title of Emperor, it was...
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  • Abdicated. 115 Teruhito 昭仁 Emperor Sakuramachi 桜町天皇 1735–1747 (12 years) Kyōhō, Genbun, Kanpō, Enkyō 1720–1750 (30 years) Son of Emperor Nakamikado. Abdicated...
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    1640 Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel Thaler minted in 1629 Japanese local currency Genbun Inari Koban Kin, c. 1736–1741 1768 silver Spanish Dollar, or eight reales...
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    (6 ft 6 in) Weight 166 kg (366 lb) Career Stable Nanatsumori stable Debut c. Genbun Highest rank Yokozuna (August 1749) * Up to date as of September 2007....
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    more than one era name or nengō. Shōtoku (1711–1716) Kyōhō (1716–1736) Genbun (1736–1741) Kanpō (1741–1744) Enkyō (1744–1748) Totman, Conrad. "Yoshimune...
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    coined), and the ultimate success of movements such as the influential genbun itchi (言文一致) which resulted in Japanese being written in the colloquial...
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    Hōei koban (1710-1714), Shōtoku koban (1714), Kyōhō koban (1714-1736), Genbun koban (1736-1818), Bunsei koban (1819-1828), Tenpō koban (1837-1858), Ansei...
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  • 2019-03-22. Nakanishi, Susumu (1985). Man'yōshū Jiten (Man'yōshū zen'yakuchū genbun-tsuki bekkan) (paperback ed.). Tokyo: Kōdansha. ISBN 978-4-06-183651-8....
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    Sagami Province, called Odawara Hishi (小田原菱) Silver Nanryō Ōban (南鐐大判) Gold Genbun Inari Koban (元文稲荷小判) Japan portal Money portal Numismatics portal Metzler...
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  • Motofumi Kobayashi 小林源文 Born (1951-01-28) January 28, 1951 (age 73) Fukushima Prefecture Nationality Japanese Area(s) Artist http://www.genbun.net...
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  • 2015. Nakanishi, Susumu (1985). Man'yōshū Jiten (Man'yōshū zen'yakuchū genbun-tsuki bekkan) (paperback ed.). Tokyo: Kōdansha. ISBN 978-4-06-183651-8....
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  • Kodansha. Nakanishi, Susumu (1985). Man'yōshū Jiten (Man'yōshū zen'yakuchū genbun-tsuki bekkan) (paperback ed.). Tokyo: Kōdansha. ISBN 978-4-06-183651-8....
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    19 – A fire in Stony Stratford, England, consumes 53 houses. April – The Genbun era begins in Japan. The era of Kyōhō Reforms ends. May 8 – Frederick, Prince...
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    Iranian calendar 1118–1119 Islamic calendar 1152–1153 Japanese calendar Genbun 5 (元文5年) Javanese calendar 1664–1665 Julian calendar Gregorian minus 11...
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    well as the Odoriba Station in the Yokohama Municipal Subway. In 1737 (Genbun 2), at the Odoriba intersection, a memorial tower was built in order to...
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  • number one" brag was unattached to Momotarō's kibi dango until around the Genbun era (1736) as far as Koike could fathom. Spelled "kibidango" (defined as...
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  • some intellectuals sought the abolition of classical Japanese, such as the Genbun Itchi movement, which proposed that written Japanese conform to the vernacular...
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    ("Butterfly", 1889) "Outline of genbun-itchi theory" ("Genbun-itchi ron gairyaku", 1889) The author compared and contrasted genbun-itchi and futsūbun, or the...
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  • Koban and was also a rectangular coin. Keichō Ichibuban Kyōhō Ichibuban Genbun Ichibuban Bunsei Ichibuban Tenpō Ichibuban Japan portal Money portal Numismatics...
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    Iranian calendar 1116–1117 Islamic calendar 1150–1151 Japanese calendar Genbun 3 (元文3年) Javanese calendar 1662–1663 Julian calendar Gregorian minus 11...
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    publishers other than Masanobu. The majority of Toshinobu's works come from the Genbun era (1716–1741), and are mostly prints in the beni-e ("red picture[s]")...
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