was a after ''
Eishō'' and before ''
Kōhei,'' spanning the years from January 1053 through August 1058. The reigning emperor was .
Change of Era
* 1053 : The new era name was created to mark an event or series of events. The previous era ended and the new one commenced in ''Eishō'' 7, on the 11th day of the 1st month of 1053.
Events of the ''Tengi'' Era
* 1056 (''Tengi 4, 7th-8th months''): A broom star was observed in the east at daybreak.
* 1057 (''Tengi 5, 9th month''):
Abe no Yoritoki
(died 28 August 1057) was the head of the Abe clan of Emishi who were allowed to rule the six Emishi districts ( Iwate, Hienuki, Shiwa, Isawa, Esashi and Waga) in the from Morioka to Hiraizumi in what is now Iwate Prefecture.
Background
Th ...
is killed in battle by a stray arrow.
[Ackroyd, Joyce. (1982). Lessons from History: the Tokushi Yoron, p. 120.]
Notes
References
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Nihon Odai Ichiran
Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...
''; ou
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Varley, H. Paul. (1980). ''A Chronicle of Gods and Sovereigns: Jinnō Shōtōki of Kitabatake Chikafusa.'' New York:
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External links
* National Diet Library, "The Japanese Calendar
-- historical overview plus illustrative images from library's collection
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