Ten'ō

Ten'ō (天応) was a Japanese era name (年号, nengō,, lit. "year name") after Hōki and before Enryaku. This period spanned the years from January 781 through August 782.[1] The reigning emperor was Kōnin-tennō (光仁天皇).[2]

Change of era

Events of the Ten'ō era

Notes

  1. Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Ten'ō" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 960, p. 960, at Google Books; n.b., Louis-Frédéric is pseudonym of Louis-Frédéric Nussbaum, see Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Authority File.
  2. Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du Japon, pp. 81-85; Brown, Delmer et al. (1979). Gukanshō, pp. 276-277; Varley, H. Paul. Jinnō Shōtōki, pp. 147-148.
  3. Brown, p. 277.
  4. Titsingh, pp. 85; Brown, p. 277.
  5. Titsingh, p. 86; Varley, p. 44; a distinct act of senso is unrecognized prior to Emperor Tenji; and all sovereigns except Jitō, Yōzei, Go-Toba, and Fushimi have senso and sokui in the same year until the reign of Emperor Go-Murakami.

References

Preceded by
Hōki
Era or nengō
Ten'ō

781–782
Succeeded by
Enryaku
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