Tentoku

Tentoku (天徳) was a Japanese era name (年号,, nengō,, lit. "year name") after Tenryaku and before Ōwa. This period started in October 957^[1] and ended in February 961.^[2] The reigning emperors was Murakami-tennō (村上天皇).^[3]

Events of the Tentoku era

957 (Tentoku 1, 4th month): The emperor celebrated the 50th birthday of Fujiwara Morosuke.^[4]
958 (Tentoku 2, 3rd month): Fujiwara Saneyori is honored with the privilege of traveling by cart.^[4]
16 October 960 (Tentoku 4, 23rd day of the 9th month): The Imperial palace burned down.^[5]

Related pages

Heian period

References

↑ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Tenryaku" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 961.
↑ Nussbaum, "Ōwa" at p. 767.
↑ Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). 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.
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 Titsingh, p. 140.
↑ Titsingh, p. 141; Brown, p. 297.

Other websites

National Diet Library, "The Japanese Calendar" -- historical overview plus illustrative images from library's collection

Tentoku	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th
	957	958	959	960	961

Preceded by:
Tenryaku

Era or nengō:
Tentoku

Succeeded by:
Ōwa

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[1] Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Tenryaku" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 961.

[2] Nussbaum, "Ōwa" at p. 767.

[3] Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). 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.

[titsingh140-4] 4.0 ^4.1 Titsingh, p. 140.

[5] Titsingh, p. 141; Brown, p. 297.

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