was a after Ansei and before Bunkyū. This period spanned the years from March 1860 through February 1861. The reigning emperor was .
Change of era
March 18, 1860 (): The new era name was created to mark the destruction caused by a fire at Edo Castle and the assassination of Ii Naosuke (also known as "the disturbance" or "the incident" at the Sakurada-mon). The previous era ended and a new one commenced in Ansei 7.
The new era name is derived from an hortatory aphorism to be found in The Book of the Later Han: "With 100,000,000,000 descendants, your name will forever be recorded" (豊千億之子孫、歴万載而永延).
Events of the Man'en era
1860 (Man'en 1): First Western professional photographer to establish residence in Japan, Orrin Freeman began living in Yokohama<ref>Hannavy, John. (2007). { { Google books|PJ8DHBay4_EC|Encyclopedia of Nineteenth-century Photography, Vol. 1, p. 770.|page=770}}</ref> 1860 (Man'en 1): First foreign mission to the United States.
Gallery
See also
Sesquicentennial of Japanese Embassy to the United States
Notes
References
Nussbaum, Louis Frédéric and Käthe Roth. (2005). Japan Encyclopedia.'' Cambridge: Harvard University Press. ; OCLC 48943301 Satow, Ernest Mason and Baba Bunyei. (1905). Japan 1853-1864, Or, Genji Yume Monogatari. Tokyo: .
External links
National Diet Library, "The Japanese Calendar" Link to historical overview plus illustrative images from library's collection