Tenju

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During the Meiji period, an Imperial decree dated March 3, 1911 established that the legitimate reigning monarchs of this period were the direct descendants of Emperor Go-Daigo through Emperor Go-Murakami, whose {{nihongo|Southern Court|南朝|nanchō}} had been established in exile in Yoshino, near Nara.Thomas, Julia Adeney. (2001). [https://books.google.com/books?id=Re4djF3oaTMC&dq=1911+texbook+controversy&pg=RA1-PA199 Reconfiguring modernity: concepts of nature in Japanese political ideology, p. 199 n57], citing Mehl, Margaret. (1997). History and the State in Nineteenth-Century Japan. p. 140-147.

Until the end of the Edo period, the militarily superior pretender-Emperors supported by the Ashikaga shogunate had been mistakenly incorporated in Imperial chronologies despite the undisputed fact that the Imperial Regalia were not in their possession.

This illegitimate {{nihongo|Northern Court|北朝|hokuchō}} had been established in Kyoto by Ashikaga Takauji.

• 1375, also called {{nihongo|Tenju gannen|天授元年}}: The new era name was created to mark an event or series of events. The previous era ended and the new one commenced in Bunchū 4.

In this time frame, Eiwa (1375–1379) and Kōryaku (1379–1381) were the Northern Court equivalent nengō.

• 1375 (Tenju 1): Shōgun Ashikaga Yoshimitsu visits the Iwashimizu Hachiman-gū where he worships publicly; and he offers a sword for the shrine's treasury, gold foil for the embellishment of the shrine, and a racehorses for the shrine's stable.Titsingh, p. 312.
• 1375 (Tenju 2): For the first time, Shōgun Yoshimitsu is permitted to enter the precincts of the Imperial quarters at the Imperial palace in Kyoto.
• 1377 (Tenju 2): Goryeo diplomatic envoy Chŏng Mong-ju met with the {{nihongo|shogunal deputy|探題|tandai}} in Kyūshū, Imagawa Ryōshun. The objective of this diplomatic mission was to begin negotiating steps to control pirates (wakō).Titsingh, p. 313; Kang, Jae-eun et al. (2006). The Land of Scholars : Two Thousand Years of Korean Confucianism, p. 159.
• 1378 (Tenju 4): Yoshimitsu moves into his new home in Muromachi;Titsingh, p. 313. and the luxurious house and grounds are called Hana-no-GoshoAckroyd, Joyce. (1982) Lessons from History: The "Tokushi Yoron", p. 329.
• 1379 (Tenju 5): Shiba Yoshimasa becomes Kanrei.
• 1380 (Tenju 6): Kusunoki Masanori rejoins Kameyama; southern army suffers reverses.
• July 26, 1380 (Tenju 6, 24th day of the 6th month): The former Emperor Kōmyō died at age 60.Titsingh, [https://books.google.com/books?id=18oNAAAAIAAJ&pg=PP315 p. 315.]

{{Reflist}}

• Ackroyd, Joyce. (1982) Lessons from History: The Tokushi Yoron. Brisbane: University of Queensland Press. {{ISBN|978-0-7022-1485-1}}
• Mehl, Margaret. (1997). History and the State in Nineteenth-Century Japan. New York: St Martin's Press. {{ISBN|978-0-312-21160-8}}; [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/419870136?referer=di&ht=edition OCLC 419870136]
• Nussbaum, Louis Frédéric and Käthe Roth. (2005). Japan Encyclopedia. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. {{ISBN|978-0-674-01753-5}}; [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/48943301/editions?editionsView=true&referer=br OCLC 48943301]
• Thomas, Julia Adeney. (2001). Reconfiguring Modernity: Concepts of Nature in Japanese Political Ideology. Berkeley: University of California Press. {{ISBN|978-0-520-22854-2}}; {{OCLC|47916285}}
• Titsingh, Isaac, ed. (1834). [Siyun-sai Rin-siyo/Hayashi Gahō, 1652], Nipon o daï itsi ran; ou, [https://books.google.com/books?id=18oNAAAAIAAJ&q=nipon+o+dai+itsi+ran Annales des empereurs du Japon.] Paris: Oriental Translation Fund of Great Britain and Ireland. [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/84067437?referer=di&ht=edition OCLC 84067437]

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