TENBUN

'''Tenbun''' or '''Temmun''' (Japanese: 天文) was a Japanese era name (年号, ''nengō'', lit. year name) after ''Kyōroku'' and before ''Kōji.'' This period spanned the years from 1532 through 1555. The reigning emperor was Go-Nara''-tennō'' (後奈良天皇).

Contents

Change of Era

Events of the ''Tenbun'' Era

Births in the ''Tenbun'' Era

Deaths in the ''Tenbun'' Era

References

Notes

Further reading

External links

Change of Era

★ '''Tenbun gannen''' (天文元年) or '''Tenbun 1''' (1532): At the request of Ashikaga Yoshiharu, the 12th ''Shōgun'' of the '' Muromachi Bakufu'', the era name was changed because of various battles . The previous era ended and a new one commenced in ''Kyōroku'' 5, on the 29th day of the 7th month.

Events of the ''Tenbun'' Era

★ '''Tenbun gannen''' or '''Tenbun 1''', the 24th day of the 8th month (1532): Yamashina Honganji set on fire. Hokke Riot in Kyōto.

★ '''Tenbun 5''', on the 26th day of the 2nd month (1536}: Go-Nara is formally installed as emperor.^[1]

★ '''Tenbun 10''', the 14th day of the 6th month (1541): Takeda Harunobu (later Takeda Shingen) banishes his father, Takeda Nobutora.

★ '''Tenbun 12''', the 25th day of the 8th month (1543): Portuguese ship drifts ashore at Tanegashima, and the gun is first introduced into Japan. [Note that some believe this may have actually happened in 1542.]

★ '''Tenbun 15''', the 20th day of the 12th month (1546): Ashikaga Yoshiteru becomes 13th Shōgun of the ''Muromachi Bakufu''.

★ '''Tenbun 17''', the 30th day of the 12th month (1548): Nagao Kagetora (later Uesugi Kenshin) replaces his older brother Nagao Harukage as heir to Echigo Province, with triumphant entry in Kasugayama Castle.

★ '''Tenbun 18''', the 24th day of the 2nd month (1549): Princess Nō marries Oda Nobunaga.

★ '''Tenbun 18''', the 3rd day of the 7th month (1549): Jesuit Catholic priest Francis Xavier arrives in Japan at Kagoshima.

★ '''Tenbun 18''', the 27th day of the 11th month (1549): Matsudaira clan of Mikawa Province fall under Imagawa Yoshimoto's rule. Matsudaira Takechiyo (later Tokugawa Ieyasu) departs for Imagawa as a hostage.

Births in the ''Tenbun'' Era

★ '''Tenbun gannen''' or '''Tenbun 1''' (1542): Luis Frois, Society of Jesus missionary [died ''Keichō'' 2 (1597)].

★ '''Tenbun 3''', the 12th day of the 5th month (June 23, 1544): Oda Nobunaga [died ''Tenshō'' 10 (1582)].

★ '''Tenbun 4''' (1545): Princess Nō, wife of Oda Nobunaga [died ''Keichō'' 10 (1605)].

★ '''Tenbun 5''', the 1st day of the 1st month (1536): Hideyoshi Toyotomi [died ''Keichō'' 3 (1598)].

★ '''Tenbun 5''', the 10th day of the 3rd month (March 31, 1546): Ashikaga Yoshiteru, 13th Shōgun of the ''Muromachi Bakufu'' [died ''Eiroku'' 8 (1565)].

★ '''Tenbun 6''', the 3rd day of the 11th month (December 5, 1537): Ashikaga Yoshiaki, 15th Shōgun of the ''Muromachi Bakufu'' [died ''Keichō'' 2 (1597)].

★ '''Tenbun 7''', the 25th day of the 12th month (1539): Maeda Toshiie, general [died ''Keichō'' 4 (1599)].

★ '''Tenbun 7''' (1538): Ashikaga Yoshihide, 14th Shōgun of the ''Muromachi Bakufu'' [died ''Eiroku'' 11 (1568)

★ '''Tenbun 9''' (1540): Toyotomi Hidenagi's half-brother, general [died ''Tenshō'' 19 (1591)].

★ '''Tenbun 11''' (1542): Hattori Masanari (also known as Hattori Masashige or Hanzō), general [died ''Keichō'' 1 or ''Keichō Gannen'' (1596)].

★ '''Tebun 11''', the 26th day of the 12th month (January 30, 1543): Tokugawa Ieyasu, first Shōgun]] of the ''Edo Bakufu'' [died ''Genna'' 2 (1616)].

★ '''Tenbun 16''' (1547): Oda Nagamasu, younger brother of Oda Nobunaga [died ''Genna'' 7 (1621)].

Deaths in the ''Tenbun'' Era

★ '''Tenbun 10''', the 13th day of the 11th month (November 30, 1541): Amago Tsunehisa, general [born ''Chōroku'' 2 (1458)].

★ '''Tenbun 19''', the 4th day of the 5th month (May 20, 1550): Ashikaga Yoshiharu, 12th Shōgun of the ''Muromachi Bakufu'' [born ''Eishō'' 8 (1511)].

★ '''Tenbun 20''', the 3rd day of the 3rd month (April 8, 1551): Oda Nobuhide, general, father of Oda Nobunaga [born ''Eishō'' 7 (1510)].

References

Notes

1. Titsingh, p. 374.

Further reading

★ Titsingh, Isaac, ed. (1834). [Siyun-sai Rin-siyo/Hayashi Gahō (1652)], ''Nipon o daï itsi ran; ou, Annales des empereurs du Japon, tr. par M. Isaac Titsingh avec l'aide de plusieurs interprètes attachés au comptoir hollandais de Nangasaki; ouvrage re., complété et cor. sur l'original japonais-chinois, accompagné de notes et précédé d'un Aperçu d'histoire mythologique du Japon, par M. J. Klaproth.'' Paris: Oriental Translation Fund of Great Britain and Ireland. --''Two digitized examples of this rare book have now been made available online: (1) from the library of the University of Michigan, digitized January 30, 2007; and (2) from the library of Stanford University, digitized June 23, 2006.'' Click here to read the original text in French.

External links

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

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Preceded by: ''Kyōroku''

' Era or ''nengō'': 'Tenbun

Succeeded by: ''Kōji''