Ten'an

Ten'an (天安) was a Japanese era name (年号 nengō, "year name") after Saikō and before Jōgan. This period spanned the years from February 857 through April 859.[1] The reigning emperors were Montoku-tennō (文徳天皇) and Seiwa-tennō (清和天皇).[2]

Change of Era

Events of the Ten'an era

Notes

  1. Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Ten'an" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 957, p. 957, at Google Books; n.b., Louis-Frédéric is pseudonym of Louis-Frédéric Nussbaum, see Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Authority File.
  2. Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du japon, p. 112; Brown, Delmer et al. (1979). Gukanshō, pp. 264–265; Varley, H. Paul. (1980). Jinnō Shōtōki, p. 165.
  3. Brown, p. 285.
  4. 1 2 Titsingh, p. 115.
  5. 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.
  6. Brown, pp. 286; Varley, p. 44.
  7. Titsingh, p. 115; Brown, p. 286.

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Preceded by
Saikō
Era or nengō
Ten'an

857–859
Succeeded by
Jōgan
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