page_title: Enpō
section_title: Events of the Enpō era
hierarchical_section_title: Enpō / Events of the Enpō era
caption_attribution_description: English: Close up of a gravestone at the Konkaikomyou-ji Temple (金戒光明寺) in Kyoto, Japan, showing the date written down the right side as "延寳二甲寅年" (Enpō 2, 1674). "延寳" is the original way to write what is now written "延宝". (The "甲寅" are from the Sexagenary cycle) 日本語: 延寳二甲寅年 (1674)
context_page_description: Enpō is the Japanese era name after Kanbun and before Tenna. This period spanned the years from September 1673 to September 1681. The reigning emperor was Reigen-tennō.
context_section_description: 1673 (Enpō 1): There was a great fire in Heian-kyō.
  1673 (Enpō 1): The foundations for Mitsui financial success began with the opening of a dry good store in Edo.
  May 10, 1674 (Enpō 2, 5th day of the 4th month): Ingen Ryūki, founder of the Ōbaku sect of Japanese Zen Buddhism, died at Manpuku-ji, a Buddhist temple which Ingen had founded at Uji, near Heian-kyō.
  1675 (Enpō 3): A devastating fire burned Heian-kyō.
  1675 (Enpō 3): The Bonin Islands (Ogasawara Islands) are explored by shogunate expedition, following up "discovery" of the islands by the Japanese when a ship bound for Edo from Kyūshū is blown off course by a storm in Kanbun 10. The islands are claimed as a territory of Japan.
  April 7, 1680 (Enpō 8, 8th day of the 3rd month) : Tokugawa Ietsuna, the 4th shōgun of the Edo bakufu died; and his named successor, Tokugawa Tsunayoshi, was ready to take his place as the 5th Tokugawa shōgun.
caption: Gravestone showing "延寳二甲寅年" (Enpō 2, 1674)
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