Editing Module:Tenchō

{{Short description|Period of Japanese history (824–834 CE)}}
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{{nihongo|'''Tenchō'''|天長}} was a {{nihongo|[[Japanese era name]]|年号|''nengō''|lit. "year name"}} after ''[[Kōnin (era)|Kōnin]]'' and before ''[[Jōwa (Heian period)|Jōwa]].''  This period spanned the years from January 824  through January 834.<ref>Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "''Tenchō''" 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 emperors were {{nihongo|[[Emperor Junna|Junna]]''-tennō''|淳和天皇}} and {{nihongo|[[Emperor Ninmyō|Ninmyō]]''-tennō''|仁明天皇}}.<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. 103]-106; Brown, Delmer ''et al.'' (1979). ''Gukanshō'', pp.282-283; Varley, H. Paul. (1980). ''Jinnō Shōtōki'',  p. 164.</ref>

==Change of era==
* '''February 6, 824''' {{nihongo|''Tenchō gannen''|天長元年}}<!-- NengoCalc 天長九年一月一日 -->: The new era name was created to mark an event or series of events. The previous era ended and the new one commenced in ''Kōnin'' 15, on the 5th day of the 1st month of 824.<ref>Brown, p. 282.</ref>

==Events of the ''Tenchō'' era==
* '''824''' (''Tenchō 1''): This summer was entirely dry; and prayers for rain were offered by the Buddhist priest [[Kūkai]], who is also known by the posthumous name, [[Kōbō-Daishi]]. Those prayers seemed to be answered when it did begin to rain sometime later.<ref name="t103">Titsingh, [https://books.google.com/books?id=18oNAAAAIAAJ&dq=nipon+o+dai+itsi+ran&pg=PP9  p. 103.]</ref>
* '''824''' (''Tenchō 1, 7th month''): The former-[[Emperor Heizei]] died at age 51.<ref name="t103"/>
* '''825''' (''Tenchō 2, 11th month''): The former-[[Emperor Saga]] celebrated his 40th birthday.<ref name="t104">Titsingh, [https://books.google.com/books?id=18oNAAAAIAAJ&dq=nipon+o+dai+itsi+ran&pg=PP9  p. 104.]</ref>
* '''826''' (''Tenchō 3, 11th month''): Kōbō-Daishi counsels the emperor to build a pagoda near [[To-ji]] in Kyoto.<ref>Titsingh, [https://books.google.com/books?id=18oNAAAAIAAJ&dq=nipon+o+dai+itsi+ran&pg=PP9  p. 105.]</ref>

==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>Tenchō
| years = 824–834
| after =[[Jōwa (Heian period)|Jōwa]]
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