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{{nihongo|'''Tengen'''|天元}} was a {{nihongo|[[Japanese era name|Japanese era]]|年号|''nengō''|"year name"}} after ''[[Jōgen (Heian period)|Jōgen]]'' and before ''[[Eikan]].'' |
{{nihongo|'''Tengen'''|天元}} was a {{nihongo|[[Japanese era name|Japanese era]]|年号|''nengō''|"year name"}} after ''[[Jōgen (Heian period)|Jōgen]]'' and before ''[[Eikan]].'' This period spanned the years from November 978 through April 983.<ref>Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "''Tengen''" in {{Google books|p2QnPijAEmEC|''Japan Encyclopedia'', p. 958|page=958}}; n.b., Louis-Frédéric is pseudonym of Louis-Frédéric Nussbaum, ''see'' [http://dispatch.opac.ddb.de/DB=4.1/PPN?PPN=128842709 Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Authority File] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20120524174828/http://dispatch.opac.ddb.de/DB=4.1/PPN?PPN=128842709 |date=2012-05-24 }}.</ref> The reigning emperor was {{nihongo|[[Emperor En'yū|En'yū]]''-tennō''|円融天皇}}.<ref>Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). [https://books.google.com/books?id=18oNAAAAIAAJ&dq=nipon+o+dai+itsi+ran&pg=PP9 ''Annales des empereurs du japon'', pp. 144–148]; Brown, Delmer ''et al.'' (1979). ''Gukanshō'', p. 299–300; Varely, H. Paul. (1980). ''Jinnō Shōtōki'', pp. 191–192.</ref> |
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Tengen (天元) was a Japanese era (年号, nengō, "year name") after Jōgen and before Eikan. This period spanned the years from November 978 through April 983.[1] The reigning emperor was En'yū-tennō (円融天皇).[2]
Change of era
- February 20, 978 Tengen gannen (天元元年): 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 Jōgen 3, on the 15th day of the 4th month of 978.[3]
Events of the Tengen era
- 978 (Tengen 1, 8th month): The emperor allowed the daughter of Fujiwara no Kaneie to be introduced into his household; and shortly thereafter, they had a son.[4]
- 978 (Tengen 1, 10th month): Fujiwara no Yoritada was elevated to the position of Daijō-daijin; Minamoto no Masanobu was made Sadaijin; and, Fujiwara no Kaneie was made Udaijin.[4]
Notes
- ^ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Tengen" 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 Archived 2012-05-24 at archive.today.
- ^ Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du japon, pp. 144–148; Brown, Delmer et al. (1979). Gukanshō, p. 299–300; Varely, H. Paul. (1980). Jinnō Shōtōki, pp. 191–192.
- ^ Brown, p. 300.
- ^ a b Titisingh, p. 146.
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 Ōdai 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