Tengi
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Tengi (天喜) was a Japanese era (年号,, nengō,, lit. "year name") after Eishō and before Kōhei. This period started in January 1053 and ended in August 1058.[1] The reigning emperor was Go-Reizei-tennō (後冷泉天皇).[2]
Events of the Tengi Era
[change | change source]- 1056 (Tengi 4, 7th-8th months): A star with the shape of a broom was observed in the east at daybreak.[3]
- 1057 (Tengi 5, 9th month): Abe no Yoritoki was killed in battle by a stray arrow.[4]
Related pages
[change | change source]References
[change | change source]- ↑ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Tengi" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 958.
- ↑ Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du japon, pp. 162-166; Brown, Delmer et al. (1979). Gukanshō, pp. 311-314; ; Varley, H. Paul. (1980). Jinnō Shōtōki. p. 197-198.
- ↑ Pankenier, David et al. (2008). Archaeoastronomy in East Asia: Historical Observational Records of Comets and Meteor Showers from China, Japan, and Korea, p. 122.
- ↑ Ackroyd, Joyce. (1982). Lessons from History: the Tokushi Yoron, p. 120.
Other websites
[change | change source]- National Diet Library, "The Japanese Calendar" -- historical overview plus illustrative images from library's collection
Tengi | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th |
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1053 | 1054 | 1055 | 1056 | 1057 | 1058 |
Preceded by: Eishō |
Era or nengō: Tengi |
Succeeded by: Kōhei |