Tennin (era)

was a after Kajō and before Ten'ei. This period spanned the years from August 1108 through July 1110. The reigning emperor was .

Change of Era

• February 14, 1108 : The new era name was created to mark an event or series of events. The previous era ended and the new one commenced in Kajō 3, on the 3rd day of the 8th month of 1108.

Events of the Tennin Era

• 1108 (Tennin 1): Minamoto no Tameyoshi, grandson and heir of Minamoto no Yoshiie, became clan leader of the Seiwa Genji after the death of his grandfather.
• 1108 (Tennin 1): Mount Asama erupts, causing widespread damage.
• 1109 (Tennin 2, in the 1st month): The emperor visited Iwashimizu Shrine and the Kamo Shrines.

Notes

References

• Brown, Delmer M. and Ichirō Ishida, eds. (1979). Gukanshō: The Future and the Past. Berkeley: University of California Press. ; OCLC 251325323
• Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric and Käthe Roth. (2005). Japan encyclopedia. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. ; OCLC 58053128
• Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Nihon Ōdai Ichiran; ou, Annales des empereurs du Japon. Paris: Royal Asiatic Society, Oriental Translation Fund of Great Britain and Ireland. OCLC 5850691
• Varley, H. Paul. (1980). A Chronicle of Gods and Sovereigns: Jinnō Shōtōki of Kitabatake Chikafusa. New York: Columbia University Press. ; OCLC 6042764

External links

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