Editing Module:Tenji (era)

{{Short description|Period of Japanese history (1124–1126 CE)}}
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{{nihongo|'''Tenji'''|天治}} was a {{nihongo|[[Japanese era name]]|年号|''nengō''|lit. "year name"}} after ''[[Hōan]]'' and before ''[[Daiji (era)|Daiji]].''  This period spanned the years from April 1124 through January 1126.<ref>Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "''Tenji''" 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 Sutoku of Japan|Sutoku]]''-tennō''|崇徳天皇}}.<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. 181]-185; Brown, Delmer ''et al.'' (1979). ''Gukanshō'', pp. 322-324; Varley, H. Paul. (1980). ''Jinnō Shōtōki'', pp. 204-205.</ref>

==Change of era==
* '''January 19, 1124''' {{nihongo|''Tenji gannen''|天治元年}}<!-- NengoCalc 天治一年一月一日 -->: The new era name was created to mark an event or series of events. The previous era ended and the new one commenced in ''Hōan'' 5, on the 3rd day of the 4th month of 1126.<ref>Brown, p. 323.</ref>

==Events of the ''Tenji'' era==
* '''1124''' (''Tenji 1, 2nd month''): Former-[[Emperor Horikawa]] and former-[[Emperor Toba]] went in carriages to outside the city {{Clarify|date=February 2024|reason=which city? }}where they could together enjoy contemplating the flowers. Taiken-mon In (formerly Fujiwara no Shōshi), who was Toba's empress and Sutoku's mother, joined the procession along with many other women of the court. Their cortege was brilliant and colorful. A great many men of the court in hunting clothes followed the ladies in this parade. [[Fujiwara Tadamichi]] then followed in a carriage, accompanied by bands of musicians and women who were to sing for the emperors.<ref>Titsingh, [https://books.google.com/books?id=18oNAAAAIAAJ&dq=nipon+o+dai+itsi+ran&pg=PP9  p. 182]; Varley, p. 204.</ref>
* '''1124''' (''Tenji 1, 10th month''): Horikawa visited [[Mount Kōya]].<ref name="t182">Titsingh, [https://books.google.com/books?id=18oNAAAAIAAJ&dq=nipon+o+dai+itsi+ran&pg=PP9  p. 182.]</ref>
* '''1125''' (''Tenji 2, 10th month''): The emperor visited [[Iwashimizu Shrine]] and the [[Kamo Shrines]]; and afterward, he also visited the shrines [[Hirano Shrine|Hirano]], [[Oharano Shrine|Ōharano]], [[Matsunoo Shrine|Mutsunoo]], [[Kitano Tenman-gū|Kitano]], [[Yasaka Shrine|Gion]] and several others.<ref name="t182"/>

==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>Tenji
| years = 1124–1126
| after =[[Daiji (era)|Daiji]]
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