Editing Module:Ten'en

{{Short description|Period of Japanese history (973–976 CE)}}
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{{nihongo|'''Ten'en'''|天延|}} was a {{nihongo|[[Japanese era name|Japanese era]]|年号|''nengō''|"year name"}} after ''[[Tenroku]]'' and before ''[[Jōgen (Heian period)|Jōgen]].''  This period spanned the years from December 973 through July 976.<ref>Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "''Ten'en''" in {{Google books|p2QnPijAEmEC|''Japan Encyclopedia'', p. 958|page=958}}; n.b., Louis-Frédéric is pseudonym of Louis-Frédéric Nussbaum, ''see'' [http://dispatch.opac.ddb.de/DB=4.1/PPN?PPN=128842709 Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Authority File] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20120524174828/http://dispatch.opac.ddb.de/DB=4.1/PPN?PPN=128842709 |date=2012-05-24 }}.</ref>  The reigning emperor was {{nihongo|[[Emperor En'yū|En'yū]]''-tennō''|円融天皇}}.<ref>Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). [https://books.google.com/books?id=18oNAAAAIAAJ&dq=nipon+o+dai+itsi+ran&pg=PP9  ''Annales des empereurs du japon'', pp. 144–146]; Brown, Delmer ''et al.'' (1979). ''Gukanshō'', p. 299–300; Varely, H. Paul. (1980). ''Jinnō Shōtōki'', pp. 191–192.</ref>

==Change of era==
* '''February 6, 973''' {{nihongo|''Ten'en gannen''|天延元年}}<!-- NengoCalc 天延一年一月一日 -->: The new era name was created to mark an event or a number of events. The previous era ended and a new one commenced in ''Tenroku'' 4, on the 20th day of the 12th month of 973.<ref>Brown, p. 300.</ref>

==Events of the ''Ten'en'' era==
* '''May 28, 973''' (''Ten'en 1, 24th day of the 4th month'')<!-- NengoCalc 天延一年四月二十四日  -->: A fire broke out in a [[Minamoto clan|Minamoto]] compound located near the Imperial Palace. The fire could not be contained; and more than 300 houses were reduced to cinders. The guard was doubled around the Emperor's residence.<ref name="t145">Titsingh, [https://books.google.com/books?id=18oNAAAAIAAJ&dq=nipon+o+dai+itsi+ran&pg=PP9  p. 145.]</ref>
* '''974''' (''Ten'en 2, 2nd month''): [[Fujiwara no Kanemichi]] was named ''[[Daijō-daijin]];'' and he was given permission to travel to court in a carriage.<ref name="t145"/>
* '''974''' (''Ten'en 2, 10th month''): The emperor received a gift of horses from Korea.<ref name="t145"/>
* '''975''' (''Ten'en 3, 8th month''): A comet was seen in the night sky.<ref name="t145"/>

==Notes==
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==References==
* Brown, Delmer M. and Ichirō Ishida, eds. (1979). [https://books.google.com/books?id=w4f5FrmIJKIC&q=Gukansho  ''Gukanshō: The Future and the Past''.] Berkeley: University of California Press. {{ISBN|978-0-520-03460-0}}; [https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/251325323  OCLC 251325323]
* Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric and Käthe Roth. (2005). [https://books.google.com/books?id=p2QnPijAEmEC  ''Japan encyclopedia''.] Cambridge: [[Harvard University Press]]. {{ISBN|978-0-674-01753-5}}; [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/58053128?referer=di&ht=edition  OCLC 58053128]
* [[Isaac Titsingh|Titsingh, Isaac.]] (1834). ''[[Nihon Ōdai Ichiran]]''; ou, [https://books.google.com/books?id=18oNAAAAIAAJ&q=nipon+o+dai+itsi+ran  ''Annales des empereurs du Japon''.]  Paris: Royal Asiatic Society, Oriental Translation Fund of Great Britain and Ireland. [https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/5850691 OCLC 5850691]
* [[H. Paul Varley|Varley, H. Paul]]. (1980). ''A Chronicle of Gods and Sovereigns: Jinnō Shōtōki of Kitabatake Chikafusa''. New York: [[Columbia University Press]]. {{ISBN|9780231049405}}; [https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/6042764  OCLC 6042764]

==External links==
* [[National Diet Library]], "The Japanese Calendar" [http://www.ndl.go.jp/koyomi/e/ -- historical overview plus illustrative images from library's collection]

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| title = [[Japanese era name|Era or ''nengō'']]<br>Ten'en
| years = 973–976
| after =[[Jōgen (Heian period)|Jōgen]]
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