also: ぶんわ
noun
Bunna era; Bunwa era
Japanese era name (年号) of the Northern Court during the Nanboku-chō period, corresponding to 1352–1356 in the Western calendar. The reading ぶんな is standard; ぶんわ is a variant.
文和年間は、南北朝時代の動乱期にあたる。
The Bunna era corresponds to a turbulent period of the Nanboku-chō period.
この文書は文和二年のものである。
This document dates from the second year of the Bunna era.
The era name 文和 is composed of the kanji 文 (literature, culture) and 和 (harmony, peace). The exact derivation is uncertain; it follows the traditional pattern of selecting auspicious characters for era names.