- Ten'an
. [Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). "Annales des empereurs du japon," p. 112; Brown, Delmer "et al." (1979). "Gukanshō," pp. 264-265; Varley, H. Paul. (1980). "Jinnō Shōtōki," p. 165.]
Change of Era
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857 : The new era name was created to mark an event or series of events. The previous era ended and the new one commenced in "Saikō" 4, on the 21st day of the 2nd month of 857. [Brown, p. 285.]Events of the "Ten'an" era
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Ten'an 2", the 27th day of the 8th month (858 ): Emperor Montoku dies.Titsingh, p. 115.] Korehito"-shinnō" receives the succession (‘‘senso’’). Shortly thereafter, Emperor Seiwa formally accedes to the throne (‘‘sokui’’). [Varley, p. 44. [A distinct act of "senso" is unrecognized prior to Emperor Tenji; and all sovereigns except Jitō, Yōzei, Go-Toba, and Fushimi have "senso" and "sokui" in the same year until the reign of Go-Murakami.] ]
* "Ten'an 2", the 27th day of the 8th month (858 ): In the 8th year of Montoku"-tennō"'s reign (文徳天皇8年), the emperor abdicated; [see above] ] and the succession (‘‘senso’’) was received by a his son. Shortly thereafter, Emperor Seiwa is said to have acceded to the throne (‘‘sokui’’). [Brown, pp. 286; Varley, p. 44.]
* "Ten'an 2", the 7th day of the 11th month (858 ): The emperor's official announcement of his enthronement at age 9 was accompanied by the appointment or his grandfather as regent ("sesshō "). This is the first time that this high honor has been accorded to a member of theFujiwara family , and it is also the first example in Japan of the accession of an heir who is too young to be emperor. The proclamation of the beginning of Seiwa's reign was made at theIse Shrine ("Kotai-jingu") at Ise and at all the tombs of the imperial family. [Titsingh, p. 115; Brown, p. 286.]References
* Brown, Delmer and Ichiro Ishida, eds. (1979). [
Jien , c. 1221] , "Gukanshō ; "The Future and the Past: a translation and study of the 'Gukanshō,' an interpretive history of Japan written in 1219" translated from the Japanese and edited by Delmer M. Brown & Ichirō Ishida." Berkeley:University of California Press . ISBN 0-520-03460-0
* Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). [Siyun-sai Rin-siyo/Hayashi Gahō , 1652] . "Nipon o daï itsi ran ; ou, Annales des empereurs du Japon, tr. par M. Isaac Titsingh avec l'aide de plusieurs interprètes attachés au comptoir hollandais de Nangasaki; ouvrage re., complété et cor. sur l'original japonais-chinois, accompagné de notes et précédé d'un Aperçu d'histoire mythologique du Japon, par M. J. Klaproth." Paris: Oriental Translation Fund of Great Britain and Ireland. [http://books.google.com/books?id=18oNAAAAIAAJ&dq=nipon+o+dai+itsi+ran ... Click link for digitized, full-text copy of this book (in French)]
* Varley, H. Paul , ed. (1980). [Kitabatake Chikafusa , 1359] , "Jinnō Shōtōki ("A Chronicle of Gods and Sovereigns: Jinnō Shōtōki of Kitabatake Chikafusa" translated by H. Paul Varley)." New York:Columbia University Press . ISBN 0-321-04940-4External links
* National Diet Library, "The Japanese Calendar" [http://www.ndl.go.jp/koyomi/e/ -- historical overview plus illustrative images from library's collection]
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