Genna

For the crime family, see Genna (crime family).

Genna (Japanese:元和) was a Japanese era name (年号, nengō, lit. year name) after Keichō and before Kan'ei. This period spanned the years from 1615 through 1624. The reigning emperor was Go-Mizunoo-tennō (後水尾天皇).

Change of era

• Genna gannen (元和正徳) or Genna 1 (1615): The era name was changed to mark the enthronement of Go-Mizunuoo and because of disasters such as the Seige of Ōsaka. By order of Tokugawa Ieyasu, the era name of Emperor Xuanzong of Tang China was adopted.

Events of the Genna Era

• Genna gannen (元和正徳) or Genna 1 (1615): Ieyasu and his son Hidetada march again to Osaka, and they force Hidetada to flee the city.
• Genna 2, on the 17th day of the 4th month (1616): Ieyasu died at Suruga.
• Genna 3, on the 26th day of the 8th month (1617): Former emperor Go-Yōsei dies. He is buried at the Temple of "Ni kwo."
• Genna 4, in the 8th month (1618): A comet appeared in the sky.
• Genna 6 (1620): The emperor was married to the daughter of Shogun Hidetada; and there were severe fires in Mikayo on the 30th day of the 2nd month and on the 4th day of the 3rd month.
• Genna 9 (1623): Tokugawa Iemitsu, son of Hidetada, came to the court of the emperor, where he was created Shogun.

References

• Klaproth, Julius. (1834). Supplement aux Annales des Daïris, appended to [Siyun-sai Rin-siyo, 1652], Nipon o daï itsi ran; ou, Annales des empereurs du Japon, tr. par M. Isaac Titsingh avec l'aide de plusieurs interprètes attachés au comptoir hollandais de Nangasaki; ouvrage re., complété et cor. sur l'original japonais-chinois, accompagné de notes et précédé d'un Aperçu d'histoire mythologique du Japon, par M. J. Klaproth. Paris. 1834. [Two digitized examples of this rare book have now been made available online: (1) from the library of the University of Michigan, digitized January 30, 2007; and (2) from the library of Stanford University, digitized June 23, 2006.]
• Screech, Timon. (2006). Secret Memoirs of the Shoguns: Isaac Titsingh and Japan, 1779-1822. London.
• Titsingh, Isaac. (1820). Mémoires et Anecdotes sur la Dynastie régnante des Djogouns, Souverains du Japon, avec la description des fêtes et cérémonies observées aux différentes époques de l'année à la Cour de ces Princes, et un appendice contenant des détails sur la poésie des Japonais, leur manière de diviser l'année, etc.; Ouvrage orné de Planches gravées et coloriées, tiré des Originaux Japonais par M. Titsingh; publié avec des Notes et Eclaircissemens Par M. Abel Rémusat. Paris.

Further Reading

• Titsingh, Isaac. (1822). Illustrations of Japan; consisting of Private Memoirs and Anecdotes of the reigning dynasty of The Djogouns, or Sovereigns of Japan; a description of the Feasts and Ceremonies observed throughout the year at their Court; and of the Ceremonies customary at Marriages and Funerals: to which are subjoined, observations on the legal suicide of the Japanese, remarks on their their poetry, an explanation of their mode of reckoning time, particulars respecting the Dosia powder, the preface of a work by Confoutzee on filial piety, &c. &c. by M. Titsingh formerly Chief Agent to the Dutch East India Company at Nangasaki. Translated from the French, by Frederic Shoberl with coloured plates, faithfully copied from Japanese original designs. London.

Genna	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th
Gregorian	1615	1616	1617	1618	1619	1620	1621	1622	1623	1624

Preceded by: Keichō

Genna

Succeeded by: Kan'ei