Ten'yō
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Ten'yō (天養?) was a Japanese era name (年号, nengō,?, lit. "year name") after Kōji and before Kyūan. This period spanned the year from February 1144 through July 1145.[1] The reigning emperor was Konoe-tennō (近衛天皇?).[2]
Change of Era
- February 6, 1144 Ten'yō gannen (天養元年?): The new era name was created to mark an event or series of events. The previous era ended and a new one commenced on March 27, 1144 (Kōji 3, on the 22nd day of the 2nd month).[3]
Events of the Ten'yō Era
- 1144 (Ten'yō 1, 7th month): A new era name was created because a comet was sighted in the sky in the 7th month of Ten'yō gannen.[4]
- 1145 (Ten'yō 1, 8th month): The empress Taiken-mon In, mother of former-Emperor Sutoku died.[4]
- 1145 (Ten'yō 1): The emperor went to Iwashimizu Shrine and to the Kamo Shrines.[4]
Notes
- ↑ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Ten'yō" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 961, p. 961, at Google Books; n.b., Louis-Frédéric is pseudonym of Louis-Frédéric Nussbaum, see Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Authority File.
- ↑ Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des emepereurs du japon, pp. 186-188; Brown, Delmer et al. (1979). Gukanshō, pp. 324-326; Varley, H. Paul. (1980). Jinnō Shōtōki, p. 205.
- ↑ Brown, p. 325.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Titsingh, p. 186.
References
- Brown, Delmer M. and Ichirō Ishida, eds. (1979). Gukanshō: The Future and the Past. Berkeley: University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-03460-0; OCLC 251325323
- Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric and Käthe Roth. (2005). Japan encyclopedia. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5; OCLC 58053128
- Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Nihon Odai Ichiran; ou, Annales des empereurs du Japon. Paris: Royal Asiatic Society, Oriental Translation Fund of Great Britain and Ireland. OCLC 5850691
- Varley, H. Paul. (1980). A Chronicle of Gods and Sovereigns: Jinnō Shōtōki of Kitabatake Chikafusa. New York: Columbia University Press. ISBN 9780231049405; OCLC 6042764
External links
- National Diet Library, "The Japanese Calendar" -- historical overview plus illustrative images from library's collection
| Preceded by | Era or nengō Ten'yō 1144–1145 |
Succeeded by Kyūan |
