was a after ''
Jōhei
, also romanized as Shōhei, was a after ''Enchō'' and before ''Tengyō.'' This period spanned the years from April 931 through May 938. The reigning emperor was .
Change of era
* January 22, 931 : The new era name was created to mark an event ...
'' and before ''
Tenryaku.'' This period spanned the years from May 938 through April 947. The reigning emperors were and .
Change of era
* February 2, 938 : The new era name was created to mark an event or series of events. The previous era ended and the new one commenced in ''Jōhei'' 8, on the 23rd day of the 5th month.
Events of the ''Tengyō'' era
* April 6, 938 (''Tengyō 1, 4th day of the 3rd month''): Ten pairs of
roosters were matched-up in cockfights before the emperor.
[Titsingh]
p. 136.
/ref>
* 938 (''Tengyō 1, 4th month''): Several intermittent ground-tremors were felt in Heian-kyō
Heian-kyō was one of several former names for the city now known as Kyoto. It was the official capital of Japan for over one thousand years, from 794 to 1868 with an interruption in 1180.
Emperor Kanmu established it as the capital in 794, mov ...
from the 10th through the 29th days of this month.Fujiwara no Tadahira
was a Japanese statesman, courtier and politician during the Heian period.Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Fujiwara no Tadahira" in ; Brinkley, Frank ''et al.'' (1915).
He is also known as ''Teishin-Kō'' (貞信公) or ''Ko-ichijō Dono'' ( ...
celebrated his 60th birthday.Fujiwara no Tsunesuke Fujiwara (, written: 藤原 lit. "''Wisteria'' field") is a Japanese surname. (In English conversation it is likely to be rendered as .) Notable people with the surname include:
; Families
* The Fujiwara clan and its members
** Fujiwara no Kamatari ...
died.Jōhei Tengyo no ran
, also romanized as Shōhei, was a after '' Enchō'' and before ''Tengyō.'' This period spanned the years from April 931 through May 938. The reigning emperor was .
Change of era
* January 22, 931 : The new era name was created to mark an eve ...
''
* 941 (''Tengyō 4, 7th month'') : Fujiwara no Sumitomo died; also the end of ''Jōhei Tengyo no ran
, also romanized as Shōhei, was a after '' Enchō'' and before ''Tengyō.'' This period spanned the years from April 931 through May 938. The reigning emperor was .
Change of era
* January 22, 931 : The new era name was created to mark an eve ...
''
* 941 (''Tengyō 4, 11th month''): The emperor created Tadahira '' kampaku''.[Titsingh]
p. 138.
/ref>
* 944 (''Tengyō 7, 11th month''): Fujiwara no Saneyori, the eldest son of Tadahira, was named ''udaijin.''sadaijin
The ''Kenkyusha's New Japanese-English Dictionary'', Kenkyusha Limited, was a government position in Japan in the late Nara and Heian periods. The position was consolidated in the Taihō Code of 702.
The Asuka Kiyomihara Code of 689 marks the ini ...
'' Fujiwara no Nakahira
, also known as ''Biwa no daijin'', was a Japanese statesman, courtier and politician during the Heian period.Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Fujiwara no Nakahira" in ; Brinkley, Frank ''et al.'' (1915).
In 945 he took tonsure as a Buddhi ...
died at age 71.[Titsingh]
p. 139
Varley, p. 44.
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: Harvard University Press
Harvard University Press (HUP) is a publishing house established on January 13, 1913, as a division of Harvard University, and focused on academic publishing. It is a member of the Association of American University Presses. After the retirem ...
.
OCLC 58053128
* Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). ''Nihon Ōdai Ichiran
, ', is a 17th-century chronicle of the serial reigns of Japanese emperors with brief notes about some of the noteworthy events or other happenings.
According to the 1871 edition of the ''American Cyclopaedia'', the 1834 French translation of ...
''; 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: Columbia University Press
Columbia University Press is a university press based in New York City, and affiliated with Columbia University. It is currently directed by Jennifer Crewe (2014–present) and publishes titles in the humanities and sciences, including the fiel ...
.
OCLC 6042764
External links
* National Diet Library
The is the national library of Japan and among the largest libraries in the world. It was established in 1948 for the purpose of assisting members of the in researching matters of public policy. The library is similar in purpose and scope to ...
, "The Japanese Calendar
-- historical overview plus illustrative images from library's collection
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