Tenpō
Japanese era from January 1831 to January 1845
Tenpō (天保) was a Japanese era name (年号,, nengō,, lit. "year name"), also known as Tempō, after Bunsei and before Kōka. The period started in December 1830 and ended in December 1844.[1] During this time, the emperor was Ninko-tennō (仁孝天皇).[2]
Events of the Tenpō era
change- 1833-1836 (Tenpō 4-7): Great Tenpō Famine[1]
- 1835 (Tenpō 6): Copper coins called Tenpō-tsūhō were minted.[1]
- 20 July 1835 (Tenpō 6, 7th day of the 6th month): Earthquake in Sanriku (Latitude: 37.900/Longitude: 141.900), 7.6 magnitude on the Richter Scale.[4]
- 1837-1843 (Tenpō 8-14): Gold and silver coins called Tenpō-kingin were minted.[1]
- 1837 (Tenpō 8): Tokugawa Ieyoshi became the 12th shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate.[5]
- 1837 (Tenpō 8): Uprising led by Ōshio Heihachirō was known as Tempo Jiken[6] and Ikuta Yorozu[7]
- 1837 (Tenpō 8): Morrison Incident — an American ship shelled by cannon fire from Uraga and Kagoshima[8]
- 1837 (Tenpō 8): Tokugawa Yoshinobu was born[9]
- 12 December 1840 (Tenpō 11, 19th day of the 11th month): Former-Emperor Kōkaku died.[10]
- 25 April 1843 (Tenpō 14, 25th day of the 3rd month): Earthquake in Hokkaido (Latitude: 41.800/Longitude: 144.800), 8.4 magnitude on the Richter Scale.[4]
- 1844 (Tenpō 15): Errors in the lunar calendar were corrected. The new calendar was called the Tenpō-Jinin. It was in use in Japan until 1872 when the Gregorian calendar was adopted.[11]
Related pages
changeReferences
change- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric (2002). Japan Encyclopedia. Harvard University Press. p. 957. ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5.
- ↑ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric (2002). Japan Encyclopedia. Harvard University Press. p. 716. ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5.
- ↑ Beasley, W. (1972). The Meiji Restoration. Stanford University Press. p. 64. ISBN 978-0-8047-7990-6.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 NOAA/Japan "Significant Earthquake Database" -- U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC)
- ↑ Hall, John W.; Hall, John Whitney; Brown, Delmer M.; Jansen, Marius B.; McCullough, William H.; Kanai, Madoka; Shively, Donald H.; Yamamura, Kozo; Duus, Peter (1988). The Cambridge History of Japan. Cambridge University Press. p. 21. ISBN 978-0-521-22355-3.
- ↑ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric (2002). Japan Encyclopedia. Harvard University Press. p. 761. ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5.
- ↑ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric (2002). Japan Encyclopedia. Harvard University Press. p. 382. ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5.
- ↑ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric (2002). Japan Encyclopedia. Harvard University Press. p. 663. ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5.
- ↑ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric (2002). Japan Encyclopedia. Harvard University Press. p. 979. ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5.
- ↑ Meyer, Eva-Maria (1999). Japans Kaiserhof in der Edo-Zeit: unter besonderer Berucksichtigung der Jahre 1846 bis 1867. Lit. p. 186. ISBN 978-3-8258-3939-0.
- ↑ Nieuw Archief Voor Wiskunde. Weytingh & Brave. 1907. p. 126.
Other websites
change- "The Japanese Calendar", National Diet Library—historical overview plus illustrative images from library's collection
Tenpō | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th | 13th | 14th | 15th |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1830 | 1831 | 1832 | 1833 | 1834 | 1835 | 1836 | 1837 | 1838 | 1839 | 1840 | 1841 | 1842 | 1843 | 1844 |
Preceded by: Bunsei |
Era or nengō: Tenpō |
Succeeded by: Kōka |