Tenryaku

Tenryaku (天暦) was a Japanese era name (年号,, nengō,, lit. "year name") after Tengyō and before Tentoku. This period started in April 947 and ended in October 957.^[1] The reigning emperor was Murakami-tennō (村上天皇).^[2]

Events of the Tenryaku era

947 (Tenryaku 1, 9th month): Construction began on the Kitano Shrine.^[3]
947 (Tenryaku 1, 11th month): The emperor went hunting at Uji.^[3]
948 (Tenryaku 2): There was a great drought in the summer and strong rains in the autumn.^[3]
29 September 948 (Tenryaku 2, 24th day of the 8th month): The sun and the moon were both visible in the sky at the same time.^[3]
949 (Tenryaku 3, 14th day of the 8th month): Fujiwara no Tadahira died at the age of 70. He had been sesshō for 20 years, and he was kampaku for 8 years.^[4]
9 September 949 (Tenryaku 3, 9th month): Former-Emperor Yōzei died at the age of 82.^[5]
950 (Tenryaku 4, 7th month): Murakami causes a proclamation that his infant son, Norihira, will be his official heir and Crown Prince.^[4]
951 (Tenryaku 5): The pagoda at Daigo-ji is now the oldest building in Kyoto.
7 October 952 (Tenryaku 6, 15th day of the 8th month): Former-Emperor Suzaku died at the age of 30.^[6]

Related pages

Heian period

References

↑ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Tenryaku" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 961.
↑ Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales ds empereurs du japon, pp. 139-142; Brown, Delmer et al. (1979). Gukanshō, pp. 295-298; Varley, H. Paul. (1980). Jinnō Shōtōki, pp. 183-190.
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 ^3.3 Titsingh, p. 139.
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 Titsingh, p. 140.
↑ Titsingh, p. 140; Imperial Household Agency (Kunaichō), (陽成天皇 (57); retrieved 2012-5-22.
↑ Brown, p.295; Varley, p. 130; Kunaichō, 朱雀天皇 (61); retrieved 2012-5-22.

Other websites

National Diet Library, "The Japanese Calendar" -- historical overview plus illustrative images from library's collection

Tenryaku	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th
	947	948	949	950	951	952	953	954	955	956	957

Preceded by:
Tengyō

Era or nengō:
Tenryaku

Succeeded by:
Tentoku

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[1] Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Tenryaku" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 961.

[2] Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales ds empereurs du japon, pp. 139-142; Brown, Delmer et al. (1979). Gukanshō, pp. 295-298; Varley, H. Paul. (1980). Jinnō Shōtōki, pp. 183-190.

[titsingh139-3] 3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 ^3.3 Titsingh, p. 139.

[titsingh140-4] 4.0 ^4.1 Titsingh, p. 140.

[5] Titsingh, p. 140; Imperial Household Agency (Kunaichō), (陽成天皇 (57); retrieved 2012-5-22.

[6] Brown, p.295; Varley, p. 130; Kunaichō, 朱雀天皇 (61); retrieved 2012-5-22.

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