Bunroku

Change of era

• 1592 Bunroku gannen: The era name was changed. The previous era ended and a new one commenced in Tenshō 20.

  Events of the ''Bunroku'' era

• 1592 : Toyotomi Hideyoshi invades Korea, also known as Bunroku Keichō no Eki.
• 1592 : Ogasawara Sadayori claims to have discovered the Bonin Islands; and the territory was granted to him as a fief by Toyotomi Hideyoshi.
• 1592 : Silver coins called Bunroku-tsūhō were minted to pay Hideyoshi's troops. The 23.25 mm diameter coins weighed 1 momme. Copper coins were issued at the same time, but none are known to have survived.
• 1593 : Toyotomi Hideyori is born to Hideyoshi's mistress Yodo-Dono—an infant son and possible heir.
• 1595 : Toyotomi Hidetsugu loses his position and power.
• 1589-1595: An agrarian reform initiated by Hideyoshi; a general census of the population and a national survey.