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Tenmei

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

Map of Japan during the Tenmei era
  • 1782 (Tenmei 2): Great Tenmei Famine began.[1]
  • 1782 (Tenmei 2): The emperor received a written study of silver currency in China and Japan. The work was made by Minamoto no Masatsuna.[5]
  • 1783 (Tenmei 3): Mount Asama (浅間山,, Asama-yama) erupted in Shinano Province and loss of life was estimated at 20,000+.[6]
  • 1783 (Tenmei 3): Famine was worse; food reserves used up[7]
  • 1784 (Tenmei 4): Nationwide events honored Kōbō-Daishi who was the founder of Shingon Buddhism. Kōbō-Daishi died 950 years earlier.[5]
  • 1784 (Tenmei 4): The son of Tanuma Okitsugu was assassinated in Edo Castle.[8]
  • 17 September 1786 (Tenmei 6, 25th day of the 8th month): Shogun Tokugawa Ieharu died and was buried in Edo.
  • 1787 (Tenmei 7): Tokugawa Ienari became the 11th shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate.[9]
  • 1787 (Tenmei 7): Matsudaira Sadanobu becomes the shogunate's senior official (rōjū).[10]
  • 1787 (Tenmei 7): Kutsuki Masatsuna published Seiyō senpu (Notes on Western Coinage).[11]
  • 1788 (Tenmei 7): Riots in rice shops in Edo and Osaka.
  • 1788 (Tenmei 8): Great Fire of Kyoto; the Imperial Palace was destroyed.[12]

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References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. Japan Encyclopedia (2002)Harvard University Press. p. 956. ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5.
  2. ↑ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. Japan Encyclopedia (2002)Harvard University Press. p. 546. ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5.
  3. ↑ Screech, Timon. Shogun's Painted Culture: Fear and Creativity in the Japanese States, 1760-1829 (2000)Reaktion Books. p. 100. ISBN 978-1-86189-064-1.
  4. ↑ Spahn, Mark. 漢字熟語字典 (1996)Tuttle Publishing. p. 46. ISBN 978-0-8048-2058-5.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Klaproth, Julius von. Nipon o dai itsi ran: ou Annales des empereurs du Japon (1834)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.. The Cambridge History of Japan (1988)Cambridge University Press. p. 21. ISBN 978-0-521-22355-3.
  10. ↑ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. Japan Encyclopedia (2002)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. Historical Dictionary of Osaka and Kyoto (1999)Scarecrow Press. p. 118. ISBN 978-0-8108-3622-8.

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