Tenbun

Tenbun (天文), also known as Tembun or Temmon, was a Japanese era name (年号,, nengō,, lit. "year name") after Kyōroku and before Kōji. This period started in July 1532 and ended in October 1555.^[1] During this time, the emperor was Go-Nara-tennō (後奈良天皇)^[2] or Go-Heizei-tennō (後平城天皇).^[3]

Events of the Tenbun era

Ashikaga Yoshiteru was made shōgun in the 15th year of Tenbun

• 1536 (Tenbun 5, 26th day of the 2nd month): Go-Nara was formally established as emperor.^[4]

• 1542 (Tenbun 11, 25th day of the 8th month): Imagawa Yoshimoto of Suruga Province lost battle with army of Oda Nobuhide.^[5]

• 1543 (Tenbun 12, 25th day of the 8th month): Portuguese ship landed at Tanegashima bringing the first gun into Japan.^[6]

• 1543 (Tenbun 13, 7th month): Flooding in Kyoto and nearby areas.^[7]

• 1546 (Tenbun 15, 20th day of the 12th month): Ashikaga Yoshiteru became 13th Shōgun of the Ashikaga shogunate.^[8]

• 1547 (Tenbun 11): Joseon and "Treaty of Tenbun" limited trade to Korean port of Pusan.^[9]

• 15 August 1549 (Tenbun 18, 22nd day of the 7th month): Jesuit Catholic priest Francis Xavier arrived in Japan^[10]

• 1551 (Tenbun 20): The first mechanical clock was brought to Japan by Xavier; and he gave it to Ouichi Yoshitaka.^[11]

Related pages

• Muromachi period