was a after Genryaku and before Kenkyū. This period spanned the years from August 1185 through April 1190. The reigning emperor was .
Change of era
- 1185 : The new era name was created to mark an event or a number of events. The previous era ended and a new one commenced in Genryaku 2, on the 16th day of the 4th month of 1184.
Events of the Bunji era
- 1185 (Bunji 1, 29th day of the 11th month): The court formally approves of the establishment of a shogunate government at Kamakura in the Kantō region.
- 1186 (Bunji 2, 4th month): Go-Shirakawa visits Kenrei-mon In, mother of the late Emperor Antoku and last Imperial survivor of the Battle of Dan-no-ura, at her humble retreat in the nunnery of , near , Sakyō-ku, Kyoto.