Man'en
Man'en (Japanese:万延) was a Japanese era name (年号, nengō, lit. year name) after Ansei and before Bunkyū. This period spanned the years from 1860 to 1861. The reigning emperor was Kōmei-tennō (孝明天皇).
Change of Era
- Man'en gannen (万延元年) or Man'en 1 (March 18, 1860): The new era name was created to mark the destruction caused by a fire at Edo Castle and the disturbance at the Sakuradamon. The previous era ended and a new one commenced in Ansei 7.
Source of Name
The new era name is derived from an hortatory aphorism to be found in The Book of the Later Han: "With 100,000,000,000 descendants, your name will forever be recorded" (豊千億之子孫、歴万載而永延).
Events of the Man'en Era
Notes
References
| Man'en | 1st | 2nd |
| Gregorian | 1860 | 1861 |
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