was a after '' Kōji'' and before '' Kyūan.'' This period spanned the year from February 1144 through July 1145. The reigning emperor was .Titsingh, Isaac. (1834)
''Annales des emepereurs du japon'', pp. 186
188; Brown, Delmer ''et al.'' (1979). ''Gukanshō'', pp. 324-326; Varley, H. Paul. (1980). ''Jinnō Shōtōki'', p. 205.

Change of Era

* February 6, 1144 : The new era name was created to mark an event or series of events. The previous era ended and a new one commenced on March 27, 1144 (''Kōji 3, on the 22nd day of the 2nd month'').Brown, p. 325.

Events of the ''Ten'yō'' Era

* 1144 (''Ten'yō 1, 7th month''): A new era name was created because a comet was sighted in the sky in the 7th month of '' Ten'yō gannen''.Titsingh
p. 186.
/ref> * 1145 (''Ten'yō 1, 8th month''): The empress Taiken-mon In, mother of former-

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died. * 1145 (''Ten'yō 1''): The emperor went to Iwashimizu Shrine and to the Kamo Shrines.

Notes

References

* Brown, Delmer M. and Ichirō Ishida, eds. (1979)
''Gukanshō: The Future and the Past.''
Berkeley: University of California Press.
OCLC 251325323
* Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric and Käthe Roth. (2005)
''Japan encyclopedia.''
Cambridge:

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OCLC 58053128
* Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). '' Nihon Odai Ichiran''; ou
''Annales des empereurs du Japon.''
Paris: Royal Asiatic Society, Oriental Translation Fund of Great Britain and Ireland
OCLC 5850691
* Varley, H. Paul. (1980). ''A Chronicle of Gods and Sovereigns: Jinnō Shōtōki of Kitabatake Chikafusa.'' New York:

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OCLC 6042764

External links

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