Bunshō (文正) was a Japanese era name (年号, nengō, lit. "year name") after Kanshō and before Ōnin. The period spanned the years February 1466 through March 1467.[1] The reigning emperor during this period was Go-Tsuchimikado-tennō (後土御門天皇).[2]
Change of era
1466Bunshō gannen (文正元年): The era name was changed to mark an event or a number of events. The old era ended and a new one commenced in Kanshō 7.
Events of the Bunshō era
1466 (Bunshō 1, 1st month): DainagonAshikaga Yoshimi, brother of the shōgunAshikaga Yoshimasa, was promoted to the second rank of the second class in the Imperial court hierarchy.[3]