Editing Module:Ten'yō

{{Short description|Period of Japanese history (1144–1145 CE)}}
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{{nihongo|'''Ten'yō'''|天養}} was a {{nihongo|[[Japanese era name]]|年号|''nengō''|lit. "year name"}} after ''[[Kōji (Heian period)|Kōji]]'' and before ''[[Kyūan]].''  This period spanned the year from February 1144 through July 1145.<ref>Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "''Ten'yō''" in {{Google books|p2QnPijAEmEC|''Japan Encyclopedia'', p. 961|page=961}}; 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 Konoe|Konoe]]''-tennō''|近衛天皇}}.<ref>Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). [https://books.google.com/books?id=18oNAAAAIAAJ&dq=nipon+o+dai+itsi+ran&pg=PP9  ''Annales des emepereurs du japon'', pp. 186]-188; Brown, Delmer ''et al.'' (1979). ''Gukanshō'', pp. 324-326; Varley, H. Paul. (1980). ''Jinnō Shōtōki'', p. 205.</ref>

==Change of Era==
* '''February 6, 1144''' {{nihongo|''Ten'yō gannen''|天養元年}}<!-- NengoCalc 天養一年一月一日 -->: The new era name was created to mark an event or series of events. The previous era ended and a new one commenced on March 27, 1144 (''Kōji 3, on the 22nd day of the 2nd month'').<ref name="b325">Brown, p. 325.</ref>

==Events of the ''Ten'yō'' Era==
* '''1144''' (''Ten'yō 1, 7th month''): A new era name was created because a comet was sighted in the sky in the 7th month of '' Ten'yō gannen''.<ref name="t186">Titsingh, [https://books.google.com/books?id=18oNAAAAIAAJ&dq=nipon+o+dai+itsi+ran&pg=PP9  p. 186.]</ref>
* '''1145''' (''Ten'yō 1, 8th month''): The empress Taiken-mon In, mother of former-[[Emperor Sutoku]] died.<ref name="t186"/>
* '''1145''' (''Ten'yō 1''): The emperor went to [[Iwashimizu Shrine]] and to the [[Kamo Shrines]].<ref name="t186"/>

==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 Odai 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'yō
| years = 1144–1145
| after =[[Kyūan]]
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