Tenryaku
Japanese era from 947 to 957 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Tenryaku (天暦) was a Japanese era name (年号,, nengō,, lit. "year name") after Tengyō and before Tentoku. This period started in April 947 and ended in October 957.[1] The reigning emperor was Murakami-tennō (村上天皇).[2]
Events of the Tenryaku era
- 947 (Tenryaku 1, 9th month): Construction began on the Kitano Shrine.[3]
- 947 (Tenryaku 1, 11th month): The emperor went hunting at Uji.[3]
- 948 (Tenryaku 2): There was a great drought in the summer and strong rains in the autumn.[3]
- 29 September 948 (Tenryaku 2, 24th day of the 8th month): The sun and the moon were both visible in the sky at the same time.[3]
- 949 (Tenryaku 3, 14th day of the 8th month): Fujiwara no Tadahira died at the age of 70. He had been sesshō for 20 years, and he was kampaku for 8 years.[4]
- 9 September 949 (Tenryaku 3, 9th month): Former-Emperor Yōzei died at the age of 82.[5]
- 950 (Tenryaku 4, 7th month): Murakami causes a proclamation that his infant son, Norihira, will be his official heir and Crown Prince.[4]
- 951 (Tenryaku 5): The pagoda at Daigo-ji is now the oldest building in Kyoto.
- 7 October 952 (Tenryaku 6, 15th day of the 8th month): Former-Emperor Suzaku died at the age of 30.[6]
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