Enpō

Change of era

• 1673 Enpō gannen: The new era of Enpō was created to mark a number of disasters including a great fire in Kyōto. The previous era ended and a new one commenced in Kanbun 14, on the ninth day of the 13th month.

  Events of the ''Enpō'' era

• 1673 : There was a great fire in Heian-kyō.
• 1673 : The foundations for Mitsui financial success began with the opening of a dry good store in Edo.
• May 10, 1674 : Ingen Ryūki, founder of the Ōbaku sect of Japanese Zen Buddhism, died at Manpuku-ji, a Buddhist temple which Ingen had founded at Uji, near Heian-kyō.
• 1675 : A devastating fire burned Heian-kyō.
• 1675 : The Bonin Islands are explored by shogunate expedition, following up "discovery" of the islands by the Japanese when a ship bound for Edo from Kyūshū is blown off course by a storm in Kanbun 10. The islands are claimed as a territory of Japan.
• April 7, 1680 : Tokugawa Ietsuna, the 4th shōgun of the Edo bakufu died; and his named successor, Tokugawa Tsunayoshi, was ready to take his place as the 5th Tokugawa shōgun.