Editing Module:Tenpyō-jingo

{{Short description|Period of Japanese history (765–767)}}
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{{nihongo|'''Tenpyō-jingo'''|天平神護}} was a {{nihongo|[[Japanese era name]]|年号|''nengō''|lit. "year name"}} after ''[[Tenpyō-hōji]]'' and before ''[[Jingo-keiun]].''  This period spanned the years from January 765 through August 767.<ref>Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "''Tenpyō-jingo''" 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 empress was {{nihongo|[[Empress Shōtoku]]|称徳天皇}}. This was the same woman who had reigned previously as {{nihongo|[[Empress Kōken]]|孝謙天皇}}.<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. 78]-81; Brown, Delmer ''et al.'' (1979). ''Gukanshō'', pp. 274-276; Varley, H. Paul. (1980). ''Jinnō Shōtōki.'' p. 143-147.</ref>

==Change of era==
* '''765''' {{nihongo|''Tenpyō-jingo gannen''|天平神護元年}}: 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-hōji'' 9, on the 7th day of the 1st month of 765.<ref>Brown, p. 276.</ref>

==Events of the ''Tenpyō-jingo'' era==
* '''765''' (''Tenpyō-jingo 1, 2nd month''): The empress raised the Buddhist priest [[Dōkyō]]  to the position of ''[[Daijō-daijin]]''.<ref name="t78">Titsingh, [https://books.google.com/books?id=18oNAAAAIAAJ&dq=nipon+o+dai+itsi+ran&pg=PP9  p. 78.]</ref>
* '''765''' (''Tenpyō-jingo 1''): The ''[[udaijin]]'' [[Fujiwara no Toyonari]] died at age 62.<ref name="t78" />
* '''766''' (''Tenpyō-jingo 2,  1st month''): [[Fujiwara no Matate]] is named ''udaijin''; and [[Kibi no Makibi]] becomes ''[[dainagon]]''.<ref name="t78" />

==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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