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Генсокё (幻想郷, literally Illusion Village or Fantasy Village) - вымышленная местность, где that the entire Touhou series takes place in. The culture vaguely resembles that of feudal Japan, with a lot of folktale elements added on.

Gensokyo was originally a desolate, haunted region of Japan ages ago. The youkai that lived there began to terrorize the surrounding lands, and thus powerful, heroic humans were sent to exorcise and exterminate them. The off and on battle between humans and youkai continued on until 1884 A.D., when Gensokyo was sealed off from this increasingly scientific and skeptical world with the creation of the Hakurei Border. There has been little contact between our societies ever since. Today, the only known gateway between Gensokyo and this world is the Hakurei Shrine, which stands in isolation along the border on distant mountains of the far east.

Gensokyo is populated mainly by youkai, but a decent human and rabbit population lives there as well. Some of its inhabitants went there to hide, to escape, to find shelter when no one and nowhere else would accept them. Many of them just like the natural darkness.

География

Генсокё - область,окружённая Хакурейским Барьером, - не имеет выхода к морю,и располагается на несколько десятков километров в диаметре,хотя ее точный размер не был упомянут в канонических материалах.Известные географические места включают Ёкайскую Гору с сообществом капп у основания и тенгу на вершине, и Морийский храм около озера наверху; Магический Лес; Затерянный Бамбуковый Лес, где расположен Эйянтей (Eientei); озеро,окружающее Особняк Алой Дьяволицы; Человеческую Деревню, которая, как предполагается, находится в плодородной долине; и Реку Сандзу , отделяющую Генсокё от Хиган.

Хотя проход через Хакурейский Барьер во внешний мир невозможен для всех, кроме Юкари Якумо, жителям Генсокё значительно проще попасть в области богов, демонов, и мертвых душ, которые не являются непосредственно частью Генсокё. Они включают Хиган, Загробный мир, Макай, Небо из Scarlet Weather Rhapsody и туннель в Ад из Subterranean Animism.

Cage in Lunatic Runagate Chapter 4 повествует,что Ёкайская Гора сохраняет оригинальное появление Горы Yatsugatake ,прежде чем Sakuya-hime,богиня Горы Фуджи,разрушила ее из ревности. Сегодня во внешнем мире, остатки горы могут быть замечены как Yatsugatake mountain range в Yatsugatake-Chūshin Kōgen Quasi-National Parkмежду Префектурами Нагано и Яманаси, свидетельствуя тому, что Генсокё был расположен в Японии. Озеро Suwa (諏訪湖, Suwa-ko)в честь которого назвали, Suwako Moriya, расположено поблизости.

Timeline

Translation of a page from the Japanese Touhou Wiki.

The Gensokyo calendar dates from its sealing in 1884, and is based on the phase of the moon- due to calendar drift, it runs approximately two months earlier then ours.

Month names

Gensokyo uses the traditional names of the Japanese months, from the old lunar calendar. In outside Japan, these were discarded in favor of simple numbered months (ichigatsu, nigatsu, etc.) with the adoption of the Gregorian calendar, but are still commonplace in poetry and historical television. For flavor, they have been literally translated in the Bohemian Archive articles.

  • April - 卯月 uzuki, Deutzia Month
  • May - 皐月 satsuki, Planting Month
  • June - 水無月 minazuki, Month Of Water (Note: The kanji 無 usually means 'none', but here it's used in an archaic form to show possession)
  • July - 文月 fuzuki, Book Month
  • August - 葉月 hazuki, Leaf Month
  • September - 長月 nagatsuki, Long-lasting Month
  • October - 神無月 kannozuki, Month Of The Gods (See previous note)
  • November - 霜月 shimotsuki, Frost Month
  • December - 師走 shiwasu, Priest-running Month
  • January - 睦月 mutsuki, Affection Month
  • February - 如月 or 衣更着 kisaragi, More Clothes Month
  • March - 弥生 yayoi, Sprouting Month

New Year's in Gensokyo is on the 1st of the Deutzia Month.

Historical events

Distant past - Lunarian society is established
Chinese legend - Chang'e/Jouga drinks the elixir of immortality and flies to the moon
Kojiki - the white rabbit of Inaba is attacked by alligators it tricks and is saved by Lord Daikoku (~3000 years ago)
Japanese legend (BCE 300 or earlier) - the Great Suwa War
hard to date due to the difficulty of determining the start of the Japanese Iron Age
Before Taketori Monogatari - birth of Fujiwara no Mokou (to Fujiwara no Fuhito?)
672-707 A.D. - Taketori Monogatari, beginning of Imperishable Night backstory
Kaguya and Eirin flee from the moon and establish Eientei
Fujiwara no Fuhito, on whom Prince Kuramochi was modeled, lived from 659~720
712 A.D. - Hieda no Are compiles the Kojiki
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~1200 years ago (~800 AD?) - Hieda no Aichi, first child of Miare, begins the Gensokyo Chronicles
Compilation began around Aichi's 18th birthday
a bit over ~1000 years ago - Yuyuko's father passes away beneath the Saigyou Ayakashi
the historical figure Saigyou lived from 1118 to 3/23/1190 (2/16 old calendar), and entered the priesthood in 1140
~1000 years ago - Yuyuko dies, Saigyou Ayakashi sealed, Yuyuko given reign over Hakugyokurou
"over 1000 years ago" - War for the Moon's Surface
almost 1000 years ago - Aya Shameimaru settles in Gensokyo
several hundred years after Taketori Monogatari - Tewi comes to Eientei
1430-1476 A.D. - Vlad "Dracula" Tepes' reign
"over 500 years ago" - Youkai Expansion Project
~1503 A.D.- Remilia Scarlet's birth
~1508 A.D. - Flandre Scarlet's birth
~300 years ago - Youki Konpaku becomes Hakugyokurou's gardener
~100 years ago - period of the 8th Child of Miare, Hieda no Aya
During this time, humans begin becoming powerful enough to seriously challenge youkai
Akyuu was the first Child of Miare after the border's creation, so Aya probably died before 1885
1872-1885 A.D. - first official circulation of Japanese paper money (predates Hakurei Border)
0 (~1885 A.D.) - creation of the Great Hakurei Border
last time dragons were seen in Gensokyo (Perfect Memento: Dragons)
travel between Gensokyo and the human world becomes difficult
60-year cycle year
60 (1945 A.D.) - 60-year cycle year / conclusion of World War II
the first time the Great Hakurei Border weakens
84 (1969 A.D., 20 July) - first Lunar expedition, Neil Armstrong plants a flag on the moon
84-?? - Lunar War
Lunar capsules Apollo 11 through Apollo 17 land from 1969 to 1972
Apollo 13 is damaged en route to the moon in 1970; only the Lunarians know the real cause
~35 years ago - Reisen arrives in Gensokyo
night of a full moon
after the Lunar War began, before the 100th year of Gensokyo, about 30 years ago in Bougetsusho
90-100 (1976-1986 A.D.) - Ghost Immigration Plan (Perfect Memento: Yuyuko Saigyouji)
~110 - Kourindou established
~113 - Youki Konpaku retires, Youmu becomes the new gardener
7/109 - (Bunbunmaru Newspaper) "Presenting the Ninth Are Maiden"
before 1998 A.D. - Vampire Incident (Perfect Memento: Reimu Hakurei)
Scarlet Devil Mansion appears in Gensokyo under auspices other than Remilia's
Akyuu believes Remilia came to Gensokyo after this incident

Previous works

Highly Responsive to Prayers to Mystic Square

Present series

7/1/113 - (Bunbunmaru Newspaper) "Sudden Location Change for Poltergeists' Live"
10/1/114 - (Bunbunmaru Newspaper) "Is the Middle Prismriver Daughter Going Solo?"
5/4/115 - (Bunbunmaru Newspaper) "In Search of a New Sound"
8/4/115 - (Bunbunmaru Newspaper) "Mysterious Luxury Goods arrive in Kourindou"
8/2/116 - (Bunbunmaru Newspaper) "Demon Lurks in Darkness, in Broad Daylight"
9/2/117 - (Bunbunmaru Newspaper) "The Mysterious Truth about the Secret History Association"

Year 118 (2003)

Summer

7/15/118 - Embodiment of Scarlet Devil
8/4/118 - (Bunbunmaru Newspaper) "Succeeded in Taking a Picture of Crime Scene of Midsummer's Continual Sneak Thief"

Autumn

9/5/118 - (Bunbunmaru Newspaper) "The Crimson Rainbow and Angel's Wings That Straddle The Earth"

Winter

Winter - Curiosities of Lotus Asia old chapters 1-3
3/21/118 - Perfect Cherry Blossom

Year 119 (2004)

Spring

4/1/119 - Perfect Cherry Blossom Extra/Phantasm Stage
5/1/119 - (Bunbunmaru Newspaper) "In the Prolonged Winter, Ceremony to Ask for Spring"
5/3/119 - (Bunbunmaru Newspaper) "Mysterious Flower Petals Beneath the Cherry Trees"
5/3/119 - (Bunbunmaru Newspaper) "First Radio Broadcast in Gensokyo a Failure"
5/3/119 - (Bunbunmaru Newspaper) "Fairy Mischief? Invisible Rainstorm is Heavy"

Summer

6/3/119 - (Bunbunmaru Newspaper) "Large Number of Straw Effigies Found In Forest Behind Shrine"
Rainy season - Curiosities of Lotus Asia old chapter 4
7/-/119 - Immaterial and Missing Power
7/4/119 - (Bunbunmaru Newspaper) "Out of Season, the Great Setsubun Festival at the Scarlet Devil Manor"
Summer - Curiosities of Lotus Asia old chapter 5
7/15/119 - Imperishable Night
8/3/119 - (Bunbunmaru Newspaper) "Strange Treasure Hunter Lopes Around the Night"
8/3/119 - (Bunbunmaru Newspaper) "Youkai Practices Animal Abuse"
8/4/119 - (Bunbunmaru Newspaper) "Mysterious Fire in the Bamboo Forest"
8/5/119 - (Bunbunmaru Newspaper) "Ghost Procession on a Midsummer Afternoon"
8/15/119 - Imperishable Night Extra Stage

Autumn

9/2/119 - (Bunbunmaru Newspaper) "The New Insects' News Service"
9/4/119 - (Bunbunmaru Newspaper) "Mysterious Patterns in Flower Field"
Autumn - Curiosities of Lotus Asia chapter 1 "Unrelated Mound of Higan Flowers"
10/2/119 - (Bunbunmaru Newspaper) "The Field Where the Cats Gather"

Winter

12/1/119 - (Bunbunmaru Newspaper) "In Modern Gensokyo, a New Dream Medicine"
Winter - Curiosities of Lotus Asia chapter 2 "Purple-transcending Light"
Winter - Curiosities of Lotus Asia doujinshi version
Winter - Curiosities of Lotus Asia chapter 3 "Imprisoned Light, Window of Snow"
1/4/119 - (Bunbunmaru Newspaper) "Daring Monetary Offering Fraud"

Year 120 (2005)

Spring

3/4/120 - (Bunbunmaru Newspaper) "Enormous Shooting Star Explodes in Mid-air"
Spring - Curiosities of Lotus Asia chapter 4 "Colorless Sakura""
Spring - Eastern and Little Nature Deity chapter 0
Spring - Phantasmagoria of Flower View
4/1/120 - (Bunbunmaru Newspaper) "Flower Viewing Continues at the Shrine"
4/1/120 - (Bunbunmaru Newspaper) "Patchouli's Pressed Flower Exhibition Opening Soon"
5/1/120 - (Bunbunmaru Newspaper) "Formula Discovered for Calculating Width of the Stygian River"

Summer

6/1/120 - (Bunbunmaru Newspaper) "Ice Fairy Eaten by Giant Toad"
Rainy season - Eastern and Little Nature Deity chapter 1
8/3/120 - (Bunbunmaru Newspaper) "The Strange Reverse Rainbow in the Summer Noon"
Summer - Bohemian Archive in Japanese Red "Wind's Extra"
Summer - Curiosities of Lotus Asia chapter 5 "A Nameless Stone"

Autumn

10/13/120 - (Bunbunmaru Newspaper) "Night Sparrow's New Promising Enterprise"
11/1/120 - (Bunbunmaru Newspaper) "Moon Capital Exhibition Now In Progress at Eientei"
11/2/120 - (Bunbunmaru Newspaper) "Rabbit Mob Protests Shrive Festival"
Autumn - Curiosities of Lotus Asia chapter 6"Unworking Shikigami"

Winter

2/1/120 - (Bunbunmaru Newspaper) "The Midwinter Moon's Great Explosion"
Winter - Curiosities of Lotus Asia chapter 16 "Price of a Paper at Luoyang"
Winter - Curiosities of Lotus Asia chapter 17 "Moon and Kappa"
Winter - Curiosities of Lotus Asia chapter 18 "Dragon's Camera"

Year 121 (2006)

Gensokyo calendar dates are unknown for this year.

Summer

8/26/2006 - Curiosities of Lotus Asia chapter 19 "Miraculous Cicada"
10/26/2006 - Curiosities of Lotus Asia chapter 20 "Sake from Deity"

Autumn

12/26/2006 - Curiosities of Lotus Asia chapter 21 "The Universe the Youkai Saw"
12/27/2006 - Hieda no Akyu's Gensokyo Chronicle published

Winter

2/26/2007 - Curiosities of Lotus Asia chapter 22 "Moist Moon"
4/26/2007 - Curiosities of Lotus Asia chapter 23 "Rife Deity"

Year 122 (2007)

Gensokyo calendar dates are unknown for this year. 122 - Moriya Shrine arrives in Gensokyo

Spring

6/26/2007 - Curiosities of Lotus Asia chapter 24 "Benefit from Shrine"
8/?/2007 - Start of Cage in Lunatic Runagate, Silent Sinner in Blue

Autumn

8/17/2007 - Mountain of Faith

Year 123 (2008)

Gensokyo calendar dates are unknown for this year.

Summer

Summer - Scarlet Weather Rhapsody

Winter

Winter - Subterranean Animism