Bunshō

Bunshō (文正) was a Japanese era name (年号) after Kanshō and before Ōnin. The period spanned the years February 1466 through March 1467. The reigning emperor during this period was Go-Tsuchimikado-tennō (後土御門天皇).

Change of era

 * 1466 Bunshō gannen (文正元年): The era name was changed to mark an event or a number of events. The old era ended and a new one commenced in Kanshō 7.

Events of the Bunshō era

 * 1466 (Bunshō 1, 1st month): Dainagon Ashikaga Yoshimi, brother of the shōgun Ashikaga Yoshimasa, was promoted to the second rank of the second class in the Imperial court hierarchy.
 * 1466 (Bunshō 1, 1st month): Minamoto-no Mitsihisa was replaced as udaijin by dainagon Fuijwara no Matsatsugu.