Tenchō

Tenchō (天長) was a Japanese era name (年号, nengō,, lit. "year name") after Kōnin and before Jōwa. This period spanned the years from January 824 through January 834.[1] The reigning emperors were Junna-tennō (淳和天皇) and Ninmyō-tennō (仁明天皇).[2]

Change of era

Events of the Tenchō era

Notes

  1. Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Tenchō" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 958, p. 958, 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. 103-106; Brown, Delmer et al. (1979). Gukanshō, pp.282-283; Varley, H. Paul. (1980). Jinnō Shōtōki, p. 164.
  3. Brown, p. 282.
  4. 1 2 Titsingh, p. 103.
  5. Titsingh, p. 104.
  6. Titsingh, p. 105.

References

Preceded by
Kōnin
Era or nengō
Tenchō

824–834
Succeeded by
Jōwa
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