Tengyō

Tengyō (天慶) was a Japanese era name (年号 nengō, "year name") after Jōhei and before Tenryaku. This period spanned the years from May 938[1] through April 947.[2] The reigning emperors were Suzaku-tennō (朱雀天皇) and Murakami-tennō (村上天皇).[3]

Change of era

Events of the Tengyō era

Notes

  1. Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Jōhei" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 429, p. 429, at Google Books; n.b., Louis-Frédéric is pseudonym of Louis-Frédéric Nussbaum, see Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Authority File.
  2. Nussbaum, "Tenryaku" at p. 961., p. 961, at Google Books
  3. Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du Japon, pp. 134–155; Brown, Delmer et al. (1979). Gukanshō, pp. 294–295; Varley, H. Paul. (1980). Jinnō Shōtōki, pp. 181–183.
  4. Brown, p. 295.
  5. 1 2 3 4 Titsingh, p. 136.
  6. 1 2 3 Titsingh, p. 138.
  7. 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.
  8. Titsingh, p. 139; Varley, p. 44.

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Preceded by
Jōhei
Era or nengō
Tengyō

938–947
Succeeded by
Tenryaku
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