Editing Module:Ten'an (section)

==Events of the ''Ten'an'' era==
* '''September 27, 858''' (''Ten'an 2, 27th day of the 8th month'')<!-- NengoCalc 天安二年八月十七日 -->: Emperor Montoku dies.<ref name="t115">Titsingh, [https://books.google.com/books?id=18oNAAAAIAAJ&dq=nipon+o+dai+itsi+ran&pg=PP9  p. 115.]</ref> Korehito''-shinnō'' receives the succession (''senso''). Shortly thereafter, Emperor Seiwa formally accedes to the throne (''sokui'').<ref>Varley, p. 44; a distinct act of ''senso'' is unrecognized prior to [[Emperor Tenji]]; and all sovereigns except [[Empress Jitō|Jitō]], [[Emperor Yōzei|Yōzei]], [[Emperor Go-Toba|Go-Toba]], and [[Emperor Fushimi|Fushimi]] have ''senso'' and ''sokui'' in the same year until the reign of [[Go-Murakami]].</ref>
* '''September 27, 858''' (''Ten'an 2, 27th day of the 8th month'')<!-- NengoCalc 天安二年八月十七日 -->: In the 8th year of Montoku''-tennō''{{'}}s reign (文徳天皇8年), the emperor abdicated;<ref name="t115"/> and the succession (''senso'') was received by his son. Shortly thereafter, Emperor Seiwa is said to have acceded to the throne (''sokui'').<ref>Brown, pp. 286; Varley, p. 44.</ref>
* '''December 15, 858''' (''Ten'an 2, 7th day of the 11th month'')<!-- NengoCalc 天安二年十一月七日  -->: The emperor's official announcement of his enthronement at age 9 was accompanied by the appointment or his grandfather as regent (''[[sesshō]]''). This is the first time  that this high honor has been accorded to a member of the [[Fujiwara family]], and it is also the first example in Japan of the accession of an heir who is too young to be emperor. The proclamation of the beginning of Seiwa's reign was made at the [[Ise Shrine]] (''Kotai-jingu'') at [[Ise, Mie|Ise]] and at all the tombs of the imperial family.<ref>Titsingh, [https://books.google.com/books?id=18oNAAAAIAAJ&dq=nipon+o+dai+itsi+ran&pg=PP9  p. 115]; Brown, p. 286.</ref>