Tenmei

Japanese era from April 1781 to February 1789

Tenmei (天明) was a Japanese era name (年号, nengō, lit. year name), also known as Temmei, after An'ei and before Kansei. This period started in April 1781 and ended in January 1789.[1] During this time, the emperor was Kōkaku-tennō (光格天皇).[2]

The nengō Tenmei means "Heavenly Radiance".[3] The kanji means "dawn" or "daybreak".[4]

Events of the Tenmei era

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Map of Japan during the Tenmei era
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References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric (2002). Japan Encyclopedia. Harvard University Press. p. 956. ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5.
  2. Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric (2002). Japan Encyclopedia. Harvard University Press. p. 546. ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5.
  3. Screech, Timon (2000). Shogun's Painted Culture: Fear and Creativity in the Japanese States, 1760-1829. Reaktion Books. p. 100. ISBN 978-1-86189-064-1.
  4. Spahn, Mark; Hadamitzky, Wolfgang; Fujie-Winter, Kimiko (1996). 漢字熟語字典. Tuttle Publishing. p. 46. ISBN 978-0-8048-2058-5.
  5. 5.0 5.1 Klaproth, Julius von (1834). Nipon o dai itsi ran: ou Annales des empereurs du Japon. Oriental Translation Fund. p. 420.
  6. Screech, (2006), Secret Memoirs of the Shoguns: Isaac Titsingh and Japan, 1779-1822, pp. 146-148; Hall, John Whitney. (1955). Tanuma Okitsugu, 1719-1788: Forerunner of Modern Japan, p. 122.
  7. Hall, Tanuma Okitsugu, p. 170.
  8. Screech, pp. 148-151, 163-170, 248.
  9. 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.
  10. Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric (2002). Japan Encyclopedia. Harvard University Press. p. 617. ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5.
  11. Screech, (2000). Shogun's Painted Culture: Fear and Creativity in the Japanese States, 1760-1829, pp. 123, 125; See -- online image of 2 adjacent pages from library collection of Kyoto University of Foreign Studies and Kyoto Junior College of Foreign Languages
  12. Ropke, Ian Martin (1999). Historical Dictionary of Osaka and Kyoto. Scarecrow Press. p. 118. ISBN 978-0-8108-3622-8.

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Tenmei 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th
1781 1782 1783 1784 1785 1786 1787 1788
Preceded by:
An'ei
Era or nengō:
Tenmei
Succeeded by:
Kansei