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was a after Ansei and before Bunkyū. This period spanned the years from March 1860 through February 1861. The reigning emperor was .

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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.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Man'en” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.