Editing Module:Tentoku

{{Short description|Period of Japanese history (957–961 CE)}}
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{{nihongo|'''Tentoku'''|天徳||[te̞nto̞ku͍]}} was a {{nihongo|[[Japanese era name]]|年号|''nengō''|"year name"}} after ''[[Tenryaku]]'' and before ''[[Ōwa]].''  This period spanned the years from 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> through February 961.<ref>Nussbaum, "''Ōwa''" at {{Google books|p2QnPijAEmEC|p. 767.|page=767}}.</ref> The reigning emperors 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==
* '''February 3, 957''' {{nihongo|''Tentoku gannen''|天徳元年}}<!-- NengoCalc 天徳一年一月一日 -->: The new era name was created to mark an event or series of events. The previous era ended and the new one commenced in ''Tenryaku'' 11, on the 27th day of the 10th month.<ref>Brown, p. 297.</ref>

==Events of the ''Tentoku'' era==
* '''957''' (''Tentoku 1, 4th month''): The emperor celebrated the 50th birthday of Fujiwara Morosuke; and on this occasion Murakami himself offered Morosuke a cup of [[sake]].<ref name="t140">Titsingh, [https://books.google.com/books?id=18oNAAAAIAAJ&dq=nipon+o+dai+itsi+ran&pg=PP9  p. 140.]</ref>
* '''958''' (''Tentoku 2, 3rd month''): Fujiwara Saneyori is honored with the privilege of traveling by cart.<ref name="t140"/>/
* '''October 16, 960''' (''Tentoku 4, 23rd day of the 9th month'')<!-- NengoCalc 天徳四年九月二十三日  -->: The Imperial palace burned down, the first time it had been  ravaged by fire since the capital was removed from [[Nara, Nara|Nara]] to [[Heian-kyō]] in 794.<ref>Titsingh, [https://books.google.com/books?id=18oNAAAAIAAJ&dq=nipon+o+dai+itsi+ran&pg=PP9  p. 141]; Brown, p. 297.</ref>

==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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| title = [[Japanese era name|Era or ''nengō'']]<br>Tentoku
| years = 957–961
| after =[[Ōwa]]
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