- Ten'ō
. [Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). "Annales des empereurs du Japon," pp. 81-85; Brown, Delmer "et al." (1979). "Gukanshō," pp. 276-277; Varley, H. Paul. "Jinnō Shōtōki," pp. 147-148.]
Change of era
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781 ): The new era name was created to mrk an event or series of events. The previous era ended and the new one commenced in "Hōki " 12, on the 1st day of the 1st month of 781. [Brown, p. 277.]Events of the "Ten'ō" era
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Ten'ō 1", on the 3rd day of the 12th month (天応元年,781 : In 11th year of the reign of Emperor Kōnin's reign (光仁天皇11年), he abdicated; and the succession (the "senso") was received by his son. [Titsingh, pp. 85-86; Brown, p. 277.] Shortly thereafter, Emperor Kammu is said to have acceded to the throne (‘‘sokui’’). [Titsingh, p. 86; 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.] ]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, 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 0-321-04940-4External 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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