Editing Module:Tenpyō-kanpō

{{Short description|Period of Japanese history (749 CE)}}
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{{nihongo|'''''Tenpyō-kanpō'''''|天平感宝}} was a {{nihongo|[[Japanese era name]]|年号|''nengō''|"year name"}} after ''[[Tenpyō]]'' and before ''[[Tenpyō-shōhō]]''. This period spanned mere months, April through July 749.<ref>Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "''Tenpyō-kanpō''" 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 Shōmu|Shōmu]]''-tennō''|聖武天皇}}.<ref>Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). [https://books.google.com/books?id=18oNAAAAIAAJ&dq=nipon+o+dai+itsi+ran&pg=PP9  ''Annales des empereurs du Japon'', p. 73]–74.</ref>

==Change of era==
* '''749''' {{nihongo|''Tenpyō-kanpō gannen''|天平感宝元年}}: The new era name ''Tenpyō-kanpō'' is not found in some chronologies because its duration was so limited—a period of four months during the last year of Shōmu's reign. The previous era ended and this new one commenced in ''Tenpyō'' 21, on the 14th day of the 4th month of 749.<ref name="b274">Brown, p. 274.</ref> At some point shortly thereafter, the emperor determined to abdicate. Shōmu became the first emperor who renounced his throne to take the [[tonsure]] as a Buddhist monk. His wife, Empress Kōmyō, followed her husband's example by entering holy orders as well.<ref>Varley, Paul. (1980). ''Jinnō Shōtōki'', p. 143.</ref> Shōmu's reign and this era ended simultaneously. Also at this same time, the former-Emperor Shōmu began a new phase of his life and Shōmu's daughter began her reign.

==Events of the Tenpyō-kanpō era==
* '''749''' (''Tenpyō-kanpō 1, 2nd day of the 7th month''): In the 25th year of Shōmu-tennōs reign (聖武天皇25年), the emperor abdicated; and the succession (''senso'') was received by his daughter. Shortly thereafter, Empress Kōken is said to have acceded to the throne (''sokui'').<ref>Brown, pp. 274; Varley, p. 44; a distinct act of ''senso'' is unrecognized prior to [[Emperor Tenji]]; and all sovereigns except [[Empress Jitō|Jitō]], [[Emperor Yōzei|Yōzei]], [[Emperor Go-Toba|Go-Toba]], and [[Emperor Fushimi|Fushimi]] have ''senso'' and ''sokui'' in the same year until the reign of [[Emperor Go-Murakami]].</ref>
* '''749''' (''Tenpyō-kanpō 1, 2nd day of the 7th month''): To mark Empress Kōken's enthronement, the truncated ''Tenpyō-kanpō'' era is superseded by the new ''Tenpyō-Shōhō'' era.<ref name="b274"/>

==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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