was a after ''

Jōhei , also romanization, 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 ...

'' 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 from the 10th through the 29th days of this month. * 939 (''Tengyō 1, 1st month''): Fujiwara no Tadahira celebrated his 60th birthday. * 939 (''Tengyō 2, 5th month''): The '' udaijin'' Fujiwara no Tsunesuke died. * 939 (''Tengyō 2, 12th month''): The beginning of the revolt of Taira no Masakado, also known as '' Jōhei Tengyo no ran'' * 941 (''Tengyō 4, 7th month'') : Fujiwara no Sumitomo died; also the end of '' Jōhei Tengyo no ran'' * 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.'' * 945 (''Tengyō 8, 11th month''): The '' sadaijin'' Fujiwara no Nakahira died at age 71. * May 16, 946 (''Tengyō 9, 13th day of the 4th month''): In the 16th year of the reign of Suzaku''-tennō'' (朱雀天皇17年), the emperor abdicated; and the succession (the ''senso'') was received by his younger brother, Nariakira-shinnō. * May 31, 946 (''Tengyō 9, 28th day of the 4th month''): Emperor Murakami, who was 21 years old, acceded to the throne (the ''sokui'').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 an academic publishing house established on January 13, 1913, as a division of Harvard University. It is a member of the Association of University Presses. Its director since 2017 is George Andreou. The pres ...

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OCLC 58053128
* 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
* 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 New York, often called New York City (NYC), is the most populous city in the United States, located at the southern tip of New York State on one of the world's la ...

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OCLC 6042764

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