Editing Module:Tenpyō (section)

==Events of the ''Tenpyō'' era==
[[Image:Heijokyo.jpg|thumb|Ground-plan of Heijō-kyō (Nara)]]
* '''740''' (''Tenpyō 12, 8th month''): In the court of [[Emperor Shōmu]] in [[Nara, Nara|Nara]], [[Kibi no Makibi]] and [[Genbō]] conspire to discredit [[Fujiwara no Hirotsugu]], who is ''[[Dazai shoni]]'' in [[Kyushu]].<ref name="titsingh71">Titsingh, {{Google books|18oNAAAAIAAJ|p. 71|page=71}}.</ref>   
* '''740''' (''Tenpyō 12, 9th month''): [[Fujiwara no Hirotsugu Rebellion|Hirotsugu revolts]] in reaction to the growing influence of Genbō and others.<ref name="titsingh71"/>
* '''740''' (''Tenpyō 12, 9th month''): Under the command of [[Ōno no Azumabito]], an army of 17,000 is sent to Kyushu to stop the potential disturbance.<ref name="titsingh71"/>
* '''740''' (''Tenpyō 12, 10th month''): Hirotsugu is decisively beaten in battle; and he is beheaded in [[Hizen Province]].<ref name="titsingh71"/>
* '''740''' (''Tenpyō 12''): ''The capital is moved to [[Kuni-kyō]]''.<ref>Titsingh, {{Google books|18oNAAAAIAAJ|p. 71|page=71}}; [http://www.kyoto-be.ne.jp/bunkazai/kunikyu.html  恭仁宮跡の発掘調査 (Excavations on the Kuni Palace site, Kyoto Prefectural Board of Education)]; retrieved 2011-07-14</ref>
* '''741''' (''Tenpyō 13''): The Emperor calls for nationwide establishment of [[provincial temple]]s.  Provincial temples (''"kokubunji"'') and provincial nunneries (''"kokubunniji"'') were established throughout the country.<ref name="v141-142">Varley, pp. 141–142.</ref>  The more formal name for these ''"kokubunji"'' was ''"konkomyo-shitenno-gokoku no tera"'' (meaning "temples for the protection of the country by the four guardian deities of the golden light").  The more formal name for these ''"bokubunniji"'' was ''"hokke-metuzai no tera"'' (meaning "nunneries for eliminating sin by means of the Lotus Sutra").<ref name="v141-142"/>
* '''743''' (''Tenpyō 15''): The Emperor issues a rescript to build the ''[[Daibutsu]]'' (Great Buddha), later to be completed and placed in [[Tōdai-ji]], [[Nara, Nara|Nara]].<ref>Varley, p. 141; Brown, p. 273.</ref>
* '''743''' (''Tenpyō 15''): The law of Perpetual Ownership of Cultivated Lands (墾田永代私財法) issued
* '''744''' (''Tenpyō 16''): [[Osaka|Naniwa-kyō]] announced as capital.<ref name="titsingh71"/>
* '''745''' (''Tenpyō 17''): The capital returns to [[Heijō Kyō|Heijō-kyō]] ([[Nara, Nara|Nara]]), construction of the Great Buddha resumes.<ref>Titsingh, {{Google books|18oNAAAAIAAJ|p. 72|page=72}}.</ref>
* '''749''' (''Tenpyō 20''): After a 25-year reign, Emperor Shōmu abdicates in favor of his daughter, Takano''-hime'', who will become Empress Kōken.  After his abdication, Shomu took the tonsure, thus becoming the first retired emperor to become a Buddhist priest. Empress Kōmyō, following her husband's example, also took holy vows in becoming a Buddhist nun.<ref>Varley, p. 143.</ref>