Editing Module:Tenpyō-hōji

{{Short description|Period of Japanese history (757–765 CE)}}
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{{nihongo|'''Tenpyō-hōji'''|天平宝字|}} was a {{nihongo|[[Japanese era name]]|年号|''nengō''|lit. "year name"}} after ''[[Tenpyō-shōhō]]'' and before ''[[Tenpyō-jingo]].''  This period spanned the years from August 757 through January 765.<ref>Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "''Tenpyō-hōji''" in {{Google books|p2QnPijAEmEC|''Japan Encyclopedia'', p. 957|page=957}}; 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 Junnin|Junnin]]''-tennō''|淳仁天皇}}, who was a mere [[figurehead]] while authority was in the hands of [[Fujiwara no Nakamaro]] and during the later years of the era increasingly with retired [[Empress Kōken]] and the monk [[Dōkyō]].

==Change of era==
* '''757''' {{nihongo|''Tenpyō-hōji gannen''|天平宝字元年}}: The new era name was created to mark an event or series of events. The previous era ended and the new one commenced in ''Tenpyō-shōhō'' 9, on the 2nd day of the 8th month.<ref>Brown, p. 274.</ref>

==Events of the ''Tenpyō-hōji'' era==
* '''757''' (''Tenpyō-hōji 1''): The new era begins on the 2nd day of the 8th month of ''Tenpyō-shōhō'' 9.<ref>Brown, p. 274; ''Shoku Nihongi'' records the date as the 18th day of the 8th month of ''Tenpyō-shōhō'' 9.</ref>
* '''760''' (''Tenpyō-hōji 4''): Additional coins were put into circulation &ndash; each copper coin bearing the words ''Mannen Ten-hō'', each silver coin bearing the words ''Teihei Genhō'', and each gold coin bearing the words ''Kaiki Shōhō''.<ref>Appert, Georges ''et al.'' (1888). ''Ancien japon'', pp. 29-30.</ref>
*'''764''': [[Fujiwara no Nakamaro Rebellion]]
* '''26 January 765''' (''Tenpyō-hōji 9, 1st day of the 1st month'')<!-- NengoCalc 天平宝字九年一月一日 -->: In the 6th year of Junnin''-tennō''{{'}}s reign (淳仁天皇6年), the emperor was deposed by his adoptive mother; and the succession (''senso'') was received by former-Empress Kōken. Shortly thereafter, Empress Shōtoku is said to have acceded to the throne (''sokui'').<ref>Brown, pp. 276; Varley, p. 44, 145.</ref>

==Notes==
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==References==
* Appert, Georges and Hiroshi Kinoshita. (1888). ''Ancien japon.'' Tokyo: Kokubunsha. [https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/458497085 OCLC 458497085]
* 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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