was a after ''

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'' and before ''

Tenbun , also known as Tenmon, was a after ''Kyōroku'' and before '' Kōji''. This period spanned from July 1532 through October 1555. The reigning emperor was . Change of era * 1532 : At the request of Ashikaga Yoshiharu, the 12th ''shōgun'' of the ...

''. This era spanned from August 1528 to July 1532. The reigning emperor was .

Change of era

* 1528 : The era name was changed to mark the enthronement of

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. The previous era ended and a new one commenced in ''Daiei'' 8, the 20th day of the 8th month. :This nengō takes its name from the I Ching: "He who sits on the Imperial Throne enjoys Heaven's Favor (居天位享天禄).

Events of the ''Kyōroku'' era

* 1528 (''Kyōroku 1''): Fire damaged

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in Nara. * 1528 (''Kyōroku 1''): Former '' kampaku'' Konoe Tanye became '' sadaijin''. The former ''

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'', Minamoto-no Mitsikoto, becomes the ''

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.'' Former ''

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'' Kiusho Tanemitsi becomes ''naidaijin.''Titsingh
p. 373.
/ref> * 1529 (''Kyōroku 2''): Neo-Confucian scholar

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died. * 1530 (''Kyōroku 3, 7th month''): The former-''kampaku'' Kiyusho Hisatsune died at the age of 63. * 1531 (''Kyōroku 4''): The

Kamakura shogunate The was the feudal military government of Japan during the Kamakura period from 1185 to 1333. Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005)"''Kamakura-jidai''"in ''Japan Encyclopedia'', p. 459. The Kamakura shogunate was established by Minamoto no ...

office of ''

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'' (governor) is abolished. * 1532 (''Kyōroku 5''): Followers of the Ikko sect were driven out of Kyoto; and they settled in Osaka.Hauser, William B. (1974)
''Economic Institutional Change in Tokugawa Japan,'' p. 8

Notes

References

* Nussbaum, Louis Frédéric and Roth, Käthe. (2005). ''Japan Encyclopedia''. Cambridge:

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.
OCLC 48943301
* Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). '' Nihon Ōdai Ichiran''; ou
''Annales des empereurs du Japon''.
Paris: Royal Asiatic Society, Oriental Translation Fund of Great Britain and Ireland
OCLC 5850691

External links

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