Bun'ō

Change of era

• 1260 Bun'ō gannen: The new era name was created to mark an event or a number of events. The years of the Shōgen era was in a period marked by famine and epidemics; and the era name was changed in quick succession in the hope that this might bring them to a close. The previous era ended and a new one commenced in Shōka 3.

  Events of the ''Bun'ō'' era

• 1260 : Crop failures brought widespread starvation.
• 1260 : Nichiren preached in the streets of Kamakura.
• July 16, 1260 : Nichiren submitted a formal remonstrance to Hojo Tokiyori; this was the "Treatise on Securing Peace in the Land through the Establishment of True Buddhism"
• 1260 : Buddhism was introduced from Japan to the Ryūkyū Kingdom.
• 1260 : The rise of pirates and increased raids from safe havens in Tsushima began to develop into a major problem.