Ten'en
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Ten'en (天延?) was a Japanese era (年号, nengō,?, lit. "year name") after Tenroku and before Jōgen. This period spanned the years from December 973 through July 976.[1] The reigning emperor were En'yu-tennō (円融天皇?).[2]
Change of era
- February 6, 973 Ten'en gannen (天延元年?)<!- NengoCalc 天延一年一月一日 -->: 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 Tenroku 4, on the 20th day of the 12th month of 973.[3]
Events of the Ten'en era
- May 28, 973 (Ten'en 1, 24th day of the 4th month): A fire broke out in a Minamoto compound located near the Imperial Palace. The fire could not be contained; and more than 300 houses were reduced to cinders. The guard was doubled around the Emperor's residence.[4]
- 974 (Ten'en 2, 2nd month): Fujiwara no Kanemichi was named Daijō-daijin; and he was given permission to travel to court in a carriage.[4]
- 974 (Ten'en 2, 10th month): The emperor received a gift of horses from Korea.[4]
- 975 (Ten'en 3, 8th month): A comet was seen in the night sky.[4]
Notes
- ↑ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Ten'en" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 958, p. 958, at Google Books; n.b., Louis-Frédéric is pseudonym of Louis-Frédéric Nussbaum, see Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Authority File.
- ↑ Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du japon, pp. 144-146; Brown, Delmer et al. (1979). Gukanshō, p. 299-300; Varely, H. Paul. (1980). Jinnō Shōtōki, pp. 191-192.
- ↑ Brown, p. 300.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Titsingh, p. 145.
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'en 973–976 |
Succeeded by Jōgen |
