Tenji (era)

Tenji (天治) was a Japanese era name (年号,, nengō,, lit. "year name") after Hōan and before Daiji. This period spanned the years from April 1124 through January 1126.^[1] The reigning emperor was Sutoku-tennō (崇徳天皇).^[2]

Events of the Tenji Era

1124 (Tenji 1, 2nd month): Former-Emperor Horikawa and former-Emperor Toba went in carriages to see the flowers outside the city..^[3]

1124 (Tenji 1, 10th month): Horikawa visited Mount Koya.^[4]

1125 (Tenji 2, 10th month): Sutoku visited Iwashimizu Shrine and the Kamo Shrines; and afterward, he also visited the shrines Hirano, Ōharano, Mutsunoo, Kitano, Gion and several others.^[4]

Related pages

Heian period

References

↑ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Tenji" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 958.
↑ Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du japon, pp. 181-185; Brown, Delmer et al. (1979). Gukanshō, pp. 322-324; Varley, H. Paul. (1980). Jinnō Shōtōki, pp. 204-205.
↑ Titsingh, p. 182; Varley, p. 204.
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 Titsingh, p. 182.

Other websites

National Diet Library, "The Japanese Calendar" -- historical overview plus illustrative images from library's collection

Tenji	1st	2nd	3rd
Gregorian	1124	1125	1126

Preceded by:
Hōan

Era or nengō:
Tenji

Succeeded by:
Daiji

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[1] Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Tenji" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 958.

[2] Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du japon, pp. 181-185; Brown, Delmer et al. (1979). Gukanshō, pp. 322-324; Varley, H. Paul. (1980). Jinnō Shōtōki, pp. 204-205.

[3] Titsingh, p. 182; Varley, p. 204.

[titsingh182-4] 4.0 ^4.1 Titsingh, p. 182.

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