- Tenpyō-jingo
. [Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). "Annales des empereurs du Japon," pp. 78-81; Brown, Delmer "et al." (1979). "Gukanshō," pp. 274-276; Varley, H. Paul. (1980). "Jinnō Shōtōki." p. 143-147.]
Change of era
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765 : 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-hōji" 9, on the 7th day of the 1st month of 765. [Brown, p. 276.]Events of the "Tenpyō-jingo" era
* "Tenpyō-jingo 1", in the 2nd month (
765 ): The empress raised the Buddhist priestDōkyō to the position of 'Daijō-daijin".Titsingh, p. 78.]
* "Tenpyō-jingo 1" (765 ): The "udaijin" Fujiwara Toyonari died at age 62. [see above] ]
* "Tenpyō-jingo 2", in the 1st month (766 ): Fujiwara-no Matate is named "uddaijin"; andKibi Makibi becomes "dainaigon". [see above] ]References
* 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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