- Tenpyō-hōji
. [Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). "Annales des empereurs du Japon," pp. 75-78; ; Brown, Delmer "et al." (1979). "Gukanshō," p. 275; Varley, H. Paul. (1980). "Jinnō Shōtōki." p. 143-144.]
Change of era
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757 ): The new era name was created to mark an event or series of events. The previous era ended and the new one commenced in "Tenpyō-shōhō" 9, on the 2nd day of the 8th month of 757. [Brown, p. 274.]Events of the "Tenpyō-hōji" era
* "Tenpyō-hōji 1", (
757 ): The new era begins on the on the 2nd day of the 8th month of "Tenpyō-shōhō" 9. [Brown, p. 274. ["Shoku Nihongi" records the date as the 18th day of the 8th month of "Tenpyō-shōhō" 9.] ]
* "Tenpyō-hōji 4" (760 ): Additional coins were put into circulation -- each copper coin bearing the words "Mannen Ten-hō", each silver coin bearing the words "Teihei Genhō", and each gold coin bearing the words "Kaiki Shōhō". [Appert, Georges "et al." (1888). "Ancien japon," pp. 29-30.]
* "Tenpyō-hōji 9", on the 1st day of the 1st month (765 ): In the 6th year of Junnin"-tennō"'s reign (淳仁天皇6年), the emperor was deposed by his adoptive mother; and the succession (‘‘senso’’) was received by former-Empress Kōken. Shortly thereafter, Empress Shōtoku is said to have acceded to the throne (‘‘sokui’’). [Brown, pp. 276; Varley, p. 44, 145.]References
* Appert, Georges and Hiroshi Kinoshita. (1888). "Ancien japon." Tokyo: Kokubunsha.
* Brown, Delmer M. and Ichirō Ishida, eds. (1979). [Jien , 1221] , "Gukanshō (The Future and the Past, a translation and study of the Gukanshō, an interpretative history of Japan written in 1219)." Berkeley:University of California Press . ISBN 0-520-03460-0
* Titsingh, Isaac, ed. (1834). [Siyun-sai Rin-siyo/Hayashi Gahō , 1652] , "Nipon o daï itsi ran ; ou, Annales des empereurs du Japon, tr. par M. Isaac Titsingh avec l'aide de plusieurs interprètes attachés au comptoir hollandais de Nangasaki; ouvrage re., complété et cor. sur l'original japonais-chinois, accompagné de notes et précédé d'un Aperçu d'histoire mythologique du Japon, par M. J. Klaproth." Paris: Oriental Translation Fund of Great Britain and Ireland. [http://books.google.com/books?id=18oNAAAAIAAJ&dq=nipon+o+dai+itsi+ran ... Click link for digitized, full-text copy of this book (in French)]
* 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 0-231-04940-4External 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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