Tenbun

Tenbun (天文), also known as Tembun or Temmon, was a Japanese era name (年号,, nengō,, lit. "year name") after Kyōroku and before Kōji. This period started in July 1532 and ended in October 1555.^[1] During this time, the emperor was Go-Nara-tennō (後奈良天皇)^[2] or Go-Heizei-tennō (後平城天皇)^[3].

Events of the Tenbun era

Ashikaga Yoshiteru was made shōgun in the 15th year of Tenbun

1536 (Tenbun 5, 26th day of the 2nd month): Go-Nara was formally established as emperor.^[4]

1542 (Tenbun 11, 25th day of the 8th month): Imagawa Yoshimoto of Suruga Province lost battle with army of Oda Nobuhide.^[5]

1543 (Tenbun 12, 25th day of the 8th month): Portuguese ship landed at Tanegashima bringing the first gun into Japan.^[6]

1543 (Tenbun 13, 7th month): Flooding in Kyoto and nearby areas.^[7]

1546 (Tenbun 15, 20th day of the 12th month): Ashikaga Yoshiteru became 13th Shōgun of the Ashikaga shogunate.^[8]

1547 (Tenbun 11): Joseon and "Treaty of Tenbun" limited trade to Korean port of Pusan.^[9]

15 August 1549 (Tenbun 18, 22nd day of the 7th month): Jesuit Catholic priest Francis Xavier arrived in Japan^[10]

1551 (Tenbun 20): The first mechanical clock was brought to Japan by Xavier; and he gave it to Ouichi Yoshitaka.^[11]

Related pages

Muromachi period

References

↑ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Tembun" in Japan encyclopedia, p. 956.
↑ Nussbaum, "Go-Nara Tennō," p. 257; Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du japon, pp. 372-382.
↑ Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du japon, pp. 372–382.
↑ Titsingh, p. 374; Varley, p. 44; a distinct act of senso is unrecognized prior to Emperor Tenji; and all sovereigns except Jitō, Yōzei, Go-Toba, and Fushimi have senso and sokui in the same year until the reign of Emperor Go-Murakami. Compare Kunaichō, Ceremony of Accession (Sokui-no-Rei); retrieved 2012-6-29.
↑ Titsingh, p. 376.
↑ History of Kagoshima Archived 2011-11-08 at the Wayback Machine; retrieved 2011-12-6.
↑ Titsingh, p. 377.
↑ Titsingh, p. 378.
↑ Hall, John Whitney. (1997). The Cambridge History of Japan: Early Modern Japan, p. 249.
↑ Catholic Bishops Conference of Japan, "An Overview of the History of the History of the Catholic Church in Japan"; retrieved 2012-4-27.
↑ Oosterling, Henk. (1996). Time and Temporality in Intercultural Perspective, p. 96.

Other websites

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

Tenbun	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	13th	14th	15th	16th	17th	18th	19th	20th
	1532	1533	1534	1535	1536	1537	1538	1539	1540	1541	1542	1543	1544	1545	1546	1547	1548	1549	1550	1551

Tenbun	21st	22nd	23rd	24th
	1552	1553	1554	1555

Preceded by:
Kyōroku

Era or nengō:
Tenbun

Succeeded by:
Kōji

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[1] Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Tembun" in Japan encyclopedia, p. 956.

[2] Nussbaum, "Go-Nara Tennō," p. 257; Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du japon, pp. 372-382.

[3] Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du japon, pp. 372–382.

[4] Titsingh, p. 374; Varley, p. 44; a distinct act of senso is unrecognized prior to Emperor Tenji; and all sovereigns except Jitō, Yōzei, Go-Toba, and Fushimi have senso and sokui in the same year until the reign of Emperor Go-Murakami. Compare Kunaichō, Ceremony of Accession (Sokui-no-Rei); retrieved 2012-6-29.

[5] Titsingh, p. 376.

[6] History of Kagoshima Archived 2011-11-08 at the Wayback Machine; retrieved 2011-12-6.

[7] Titsingh, p. 377.

[8] Titsingh, p. 378.

[9] Hall, John Whitney. (1997). The Cambridge History of Japan: Early Modern Japan, p. 249.

[catholic-10] Catholic Bishops Conference of Japan, "An Overview of the History of the History of the Catholic Church in Japan"; retrieved 2012-4-27.

[11] Oosterling, Henk. (1996). Time and Temporality in Intercultural Perspective, p. 96.

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