Tenroku
{{Short description|Period of Japanese history (970–973 CE)}}
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{{nihongo|Tenroku|天禄}} was a {{nihongo|Japanese era|年号|nengō|"year name"}} after Anna and before Ten'en. This period spanned the years from March 970 through March 973.Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Tenroku" 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 emperors were {{nihongo|Reizei-tennō|冷泉天皇}} and {{nihongo|En'yū-tennō|円融天皇}}.Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). [https://books.google.com/books?id=18oNAAAAIAAJ&dq=nipon+o+dai+itsi+ran&pg=PP9 Annales des empereurs du japon, pp. 144–145]; Brown, Delmer et al. (1979). Gukanshō, pp. 299–300; Varley, H. Paul. (1980). Jinnō Shōtōki, pp. 191–192.
Change of era
- February 970 {{nihongo||天禄元年|Tenroku gannen}}: The new era name was created to mark an event or series of events. The previous era ended and the new one commenced in Anna 3, on the 25th day of the 3rd month of 970.Brown, p. 298.
Events of the ''Tenroku'' era
- 970 (Tenroku 1, 1st month): {{illm|Fujiwara no Arihira|ja|藤原在衡}} ({{nihongo2|藤原在衡}}) became sadaijin, and {{nihongo|Fujiwara no Koretada|藤原 伊尹}} became udaijin.Titsingh, [https://books.google.com/books?id=18oNAAAAIAAJ&dq=nipon+o+dai+itsi+ran&pg=PP9 p. 144.]
- 970 (Tenroku 1, 5th month): The sesshō (regent) and daijō-daijin {{nihongo|Fujiwara no Saneyori|藤原実頼}} died at the age of 71; and the udaijin Koretada then assumed his responsibilities.
- 970 (Tenroku 1, 10th month): The sadaijin {{nihongo|Fujiwara no Arihira|藤原実頼}} died at age 79.
- 971 (Tenroku 2, 3rd month): For the first time, a festival (matsuri) in honor of the kami of Iwashimizu Shrine was celebrated.
- 971 (Tenroku 2, in the 11th month): Koretada was created daijō-daijin; {{illm|Minamoto no Kaneakira|ja|兼明親王}} ({{nihongo2|源兼明}}) was made sadaijin; and {{nihongo|Fujiwara no Yoritada|藤原頼忠}} was named udaijin.Titsingh, [https://books.google.com/books?id=18oNAAAAIAAJ&dq=nipon+o+dai+itsi+ran&pg=PP9 pp. 144–145.]
- April 4, 972 (Tenroku 3, 5th day of the 3rd month): Emperor En'yū's coronation at age 14 is organized by Koretada.Titsingh, [https://books.google.com/books?id=18oNAAAAIAAJ&dq=nipon+o+dai+itsi+ran&pg=PP9 p. 145.]
- 972 (Tenroku 3, 11th month): Koretada dies at age 49.
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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 Ōdai 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]
External links
- National Diet Library, "The Japanese Calendar" [http://www.ndl.go.jp/koyomi/e/ -- historical overview plus illustrative images from library's collection]
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