Editing Module:Tengen (era)

{{Short description|Japanese era from 978 to 983}}
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{{nihongo|'''Tengen'''|天元}} was a {{nihongo|[[Japanese era name|Japanese era]]|年号|''nengō''|"year name"}} after ''[[Jōgen (Heian period)|Jōgen]]'' and before ''[[Eikan]].''  This period spanned the years from November 978 through April 983.<ref>Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "''Tengen''" 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. 144–148]; Brown, Delmer ''et al.'' (1979). ''Gukanshō'', p. 299–300; Varely, H. Paul. (1980). ''Jinnō Shōtōki'', pp. 191–192.</ref>

==Change of era==

* '''February 20, 978''' {{nihongo|''Tengen gannen''|天元元年}}<!-- NengoCalc 天元一年一月一日 -->: 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 ''Jōgen'' 3, on the 15th day of the 4th month of 978.<ref>Brown, p. 300.</ref>

==Events of the ''Tengen'' era==
* '''978''' (''Tengen 1, 8th month''): The emperor allowed the daughter of [[Fujiwara no Kaneie]] to be introduced into his household; and shortly thereafter, they had a son.<ref name="t146">Titisingh, [https://books.google.com/books?id=18oNAAAAIAAJ&dq=nipon+o+dai+itsi+ran&pg=PP9  p. 146.]</ref>
* '''978''' (Tengen 1, 10th month''): [[Fujiwara no Yoritada]] was elevated to the position of ''[[Daijō-daijin]]''; [[Minamoto no Masanobu]] was made ''[[Sadaijin]];'' and, Fujiwara no Kaneie was made ''[[Udaijin]].''<ref name="t146"/>

==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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| after =[[Eikan]]
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