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Genroku (Japanese: 元禄) was a Japanese era that spanned the period from 30 September 1688 to 13 March 1704. The reigning emperor was Higashiyama, the reigning Shogun was Tokugawa Tsunayoshi, nicknamed the "dog shogun". The period followed the Jōkyō era and was followed by the Hōei era.
The era is generally considered to be the golden era of the Edo period. The previous hundred years of peace and seclusion in Japan led to economic stability, and arts and architecture flourished. To finance the splendour of the Genroku era, the Shogunate reduced the quality of coins. This caused an inflation. To solve the crisis, the Kyoho Reforms were carried out a few years after the era.
Change of era
To mark the start of Higashiyama's reign, on the 30th day of the 9th month (old calendar), Jōkyō 5 (1688), the era became Genroku (元禄, "Original happiness"?).
Events of the Genroku Era
- Gannen (1688)
- First month - Ihara Saikaku publises "Japan's Eternal Treasury"
- Eleventh month - Yanagisawa Yoshiyasu assumes the office of Soba Yōnin
- Opening up of new territory on Dōjima in Ōsaka becomes possible
- Genroku 2 (1689)
- Fourth month - Foreign settlements in Nagasaki become possible
- Genroku 3 (1690)
- Genroku 5 (1692)
- Building of temples in Edo banned
- Genroku 6 (1693)
- Twelfth month - Arai Hakuseki becomes tutor to the daimyō of Kōfu-han, the future Shōgun, Tokugawa Ienobu
- Genroku 8 (1695)
- Genroku 9 (1696)
- Crossing the sea to Takeshima banned
- Genroku 13 (1700)
- Genroku 16 (1703)
- Third month - Ōishi Yoshio commits seppuku
- Fifth month - First performance of Chikamatsu Monzaemon's "Double Suicide of Sonezaki"
- Eleventh month - Great Genroku Earthquake
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Preceded by: Jōkyō | Japanese era name |
Succeeded by: Hōei |
"Genroku"