Ten'yō

{{Short description|Period of Japanese history (1144–1145 CE)}}

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{{nihongo|Ten'yō|天養}} was a {{nihongo|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.Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Ten'yō" in {{Google books|p2QnPijAEmEC|Japan Encyclopedia, p. 961|page=961}}; 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 }}. The reigning emperor was {{nihongo|Konoe-tennō|近衛天皇}}.Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). [https://books.google.com/books?id=18oNAAAAIAAJ&dq=nipon+o+dai+itsi+ran&pg=PP9 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.

Change of Era

  • February 6, 1144 {{nihongo|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).Brown, p. 325.

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.Titsingh, [https://books.google.com/books?id=18oNAAAAIAAJ&dq=nipon+o+dai+itsi+ran&pg=PP9 p. 186.]
  • 1145 (Ten'yō 1, 8th month): The empress Taiken-mon In, mother of former-Emperor Sutoku died.
  • 1145 (Ten'yō 1): The emperor went to Iwashimizu Shrine and to the Kamo Shrines.

Notes

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References

  • Brown, Delmer M. and Ichirō Ishida, eds. (1979). [https://books.google.com/books?id=w4f5FrmIJKIC&q=Gukansho Gukanshō: The Future and the Past.] Berkeley: University of California Press. {{ISBN|978-0-520-03460-0}}; [https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/251325323 OCLC 251325323]
  • Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric and Käthe Roth. (2005). [https://books.google.com/books?id=p2QnPijAEmEC Japan encyclopedia.] Cambridge: Harvard University Press. {{ISBN|978-0-674-01753-5}}; [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/58053128?referer=di&ht=edition OCLC 58053128]
  • Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Nihon Odai Ichiran; ou, [https://books.google.com/books?id=18oNAAAAIAAJ&q=nipon+o+dai+itsi+ran Annales des empereurs du Japon.] Paris: Royal Asiatic Society, Oriental Translation Fund of Great Britain and Ireland. [https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/5850691 OCLC 5850691]
  • Varley, H. Paul. (1980). A Chronicle of Gods and Sovereigns: Jinnō Shōtōki of Kitabatake Chikafusa. New York: Columbia University Press. {{ISBN|9780231049405}}; [https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/6042764 OCLC 6042764]