Tengyō

. [Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). [http://books.google.com/books?id=18oNAAAAIAAJ&pg=PP9&dq=nipon+o+dai+itsi+ran#PRA1-PA134,M1 "Annales des empereurs du Japon," pp. 134] -155; Brown, Delmer "et al." (1979). "Gukanshō," p. 294-295; Varley, H. Paul. (1980). "Jinnō Shōtōki," p. 181-183.]

Change of era

* 938 nihongo|"Tengyō gannen"|天慶元年: The new era name was created to mark an event or series of events. The previous era ended and the new one commenced in "Jōhei" 8, on the 23rd day of the 5th month. [Brown, p. 295.]

Events of the "Tengyō" era

* April 6, 938 ("Tengyō 1, 4th day of the 3rd month"): Ten pairs of roosters were matched-up in cockfights before the emperor.Titsingh, [http://books.google.com/books?id=18oNAAAAIAAJ&pg=PP9&dq=nipon+o+dai+itsi+ran#PRA1-PA136,M1 p. 136.] ]
* 938 ("Tengyō 1, 4th month"): Serial intermittent ground-tremors were felt in Heian-kyo from the 10th through the 29th days of this month.
* 939 ("Tengyō 1, 1st month"): Fujiwara no Tadahira celebrated his 60th birthday.
* 939 ("Tengyō 2, 5th month"): The "udaijin" Fujiwara no Tsunesuke died.
* 939 ("Tengyō 2, 12th month"): The beignning of the revolt of Taira no Masakado, also known as "Jōhei Tengyo no ran"
* 941 ("Tengyō 4, 7th month") : Fujiwara no Sumitomo died; also the end of "Jōhei Tengyo no ran"
* 941 ("Tengyō 4, 11th month"): The emepror created Tadahira "kampaku".Titsingh, [http://books.google.com/books?id=18oNAAAAIAAJ&pg=PP9&dq=nipon+o+dai+itsi+ran#PRA1-PA138,M1 p. 138.] ]
* 944 ("Tengyō 7, 11th month"): Fujiwara no Saneyori, the eldest son of Tadhira, was named "udiajin."
* 945 ("Tengyō 8, 11th month"): The "sadaijin" Fujiwara no Nakahira died at age 71.
* May 16, 946 ("Tengyō 9, 13th day of the 4th month"): In the 16th year of the reign of Suzaku"-tennō" (朱雀天皇17年), the emperor abdicated; and the succession (the "senso") was received by his younger brother, Nariakira-shinnō. [Brown, p. 295; Varley, p. 44. [A distinct act of "senso" is unrecognized prior to Emperor Tenji; and all sovereigns except Jitō, Yōzei, Go-Toba, and Fushimi have "senso" and "sokui" in the same year until the reign of Go-Murakami.] ]
* May 31, 946 ("Tengyō 9, 28th day of the 4th month"): Emperor Murakami, who was 21 years old, acceded to the throne (the "sokui"). [Titsingh, [http://books.google.com/books?id=18oNAAAAIAAJ&pg=PP9&dq=nipon+o+dai+itsi+ran#PRA1-PA139,M1 p. 139;] Varley, p. 44. ]

Notes

References

* Brown, Delmer and Ichiro Ishida, eds. (1979). [ Jien, c. 1220] , "Gukanshō; "The Future and the Past: a translation and study of the 'Gukanshō,' an interpretive history of Japan written in 1219" translated from the Japanese and edited by Delmer M. Brown & Ichirō Ishida." Berkeley: University of California Press. ISBN 0-520-03460-0
* Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). [Siyun-sai Rin-siyo/Hayashi Gahō, 1652] . "Nipon o daï itsi ran; ou, [http://books.google.com/books?id=18oNAAAAIAAJ&dq=nipon+o+dai+itsi+ran Annales des empereurs du Japon."] Paris: Oriental Translation Society of Great Britain and Ireland.
* Varley, H. Paul , ed. (1980). [ Kitabatake Chikafusa, 1359] , "Jinnō Shōtōki ("A Chronicle of Gods and Sovereigns: Jinnō Shōtōki of Kitabatake Chikafusa" translated by H. Paul Varley)." New York: Columbia University Press. ISBN 0-231-04940-4

External links

* National Diet Library, "The Japanese Calendar" [http://www.ndl.go.jp/koyomi/e/ -- historical overview plus illustrative images from library's collection]