Editing Module:Tenryaku

{{Short description|Period of Japanese history (947–957 CE)}}
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{{nihongo|'''Tenryaku'''|天暦}} was a {{nihongo|[[Japanese era name]]|年号|''nengō''|"year name"}} after ''[[Tengyō]]'' and before ''[[Tentoku]].''  This period spanned the years from April 947 through October 957.<ref>Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "''Tenryaku''" in {{Google books|p2QnPijAEmEC|''Japan Encyclopedia'', p. 961|page=961}}; 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 Murakami|Murakami]]''-tennō''|村上天皇}}.<ref>Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). [https://books.google.com/books?id=18oNAAAAIAAJ&dq=nipon+o+dai+itsi+ran&pg=PP9  ''Annales ds empereurs du japon'', pp. 139–142]; Brown, Delmer ''et al.'' (1979). ''Gukanshō'', pp. 295–298; Varley, H. Paul. (1980). ''Jinnō Shōtōki'', pp. 183–190.</ref>

==Change of era==
* '''January 25, 947''' {{nihongo|''Tenryaku gannen''|天暦元年}}<!-- NengoCalc 天暦一年一月一日 -->: The new era name was created to mark an event or series of events. The previous era ended and the new one commenced in ''Tengyō'' 10, on the 24th day of the 4th month of 947.<ref>Brown, p. 296.</ref>

==Events of the ''Tenryaku'' era==
* '''947''' (''Tenryaku 1, 9th month''): Construction began on the [[Kitano Tenman-gū|Kitano Shrine]].<ref name="t139">Titsingh, [https://books.google.com/books?id=18oNAAAAIAAJ&dq=nipon+o+dai+itsi+ran&pg=PP9   p. 139.]</ref>
* '''947''' (''Tenryaku 1, 11th month''): The emperor went hunting at [[Uji, Kyoto|Uji]].<ref name="t139"/>
* '''948''' (''Tenryaku 2''): There was a great drought in the summer and strong rains in the autumn.<ref name="t139"/>
* '''September 29, 948''' (''Tenryaku 2, 24th day of the 8th month'')<!-- NengoCalc 天暦二年八月二十四日 -->: The Sun and the Moon were both visible in the sky at the same time.<ref name="t139"/>
* '''949''' (''Tenryaku 3, 14th day of the 8th month''): Fujiwara no Tadahira died at the age of 70. He had been ''sesshō'' for 20 years, and he was ''kampaku'' for 8 years.<ref name="t140">Titsingh, [https://books.google.com/books?id=18oNAAAAIAAJ&dq=nipon+o+dai+itsi+ran&pg=PP9  p. 140.]</ref>
* '''September 9, 949''' (''Tenryaku 3, 9th month''): The former-[[Emperor Yōzei]] died at the age of 82.<ref name="t140"/>
* '''950''' (''Tenryaku 4, 7th month''): Murakami causes a proclamation that his infant son, Norihira, will be his official heir and Crown Prince.<ref name="t140"/>
* '''951''' (''Tenryaku 5''): The pagoda at [[Daigo-ji]] is now the oldest building in Kyoto.

==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 =[[Tentoku]]
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