Man'en

Man'en (万延) was a Japanese era name (年号,, nengō,, lit. "year name") after Ansei and before Bunkyū. This period started in March 1860 and ended in February 1861.[1] During this time, the emperor was Kōmei-tennō (孝明天皇).[2]

The nengō Tenpō means "Ten Thousand Years Prolonged"[3]

  1. Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Man'en" Japan Encyclopedia, p. 607.
  2. Nussbaum, "Kōmei Tennō," p. 553.
  3. Pollack, David. (2002). Reading Against Culture: Ideology and Narrative in the Japanese novel, p. 208.

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