Tengen (era)

Tengen ( Japanese 天元 ) is a Japanese era ( Nengō ) from December 978 to May 983 according to the Gregorian calendar . The previous era name is Jōgen , the following era is called Eikan . The era falls during the reign of Emperor ( Tennō ) En'yū .

The first day of the Tengen era corresponds to December 31, 978; the last day was May 28, 983. The Tengen era lasted six years or 1610 days.

Events

• 978 Fujiwara no Yoritada becomes Daijō Daijin
• 980 The Rajōmon (fortress gate) of the Heian-kyō -Palace overturns for the second time as a result of a rainstorm and is not rebuilt

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Reinhard Zöllner: Japanese calendar. A manual . iudicium, Munich 2003, ISBN 3-89129-783-1 , p. 29, 101 .
2. ↑ 羅 城門 . In: 日本 大 百科全書 (ニ ッ ポ ニ カ) at kotobank.jp. Retrieved October 3, 2019 (Japanese). 

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Previous: Jogen

Nengō : Tengen

Hereafter : Eikan