Tenpō

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The nengō Tenpō means "Heavenly Protection".^[3]

Events of the Tenpō era

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In the 8th year of Tenpō, the Morrison anchored off Uraga in Tokyo Bay

1833-1836 (Tenpō 4-7): Great Tenpō Famine^[1]
1835 (Tenpō 6): Copper coins called Tenpō-tsūhō were minted.^[1]
20 July 1835 (Tenpō 6, 7th day of the 6th month): Earthquake in Sanriku (Latitude: 37.900/Longitude: 141.900), 7.6 magnitude on the Richter Scale.^[4]
1837-1843 (Tenpō 8-14): Gold and silver coins called Tenpō-kingin were minted.^[1]
1837 (Tenpō 8): Tokugawa Ieyoshi became the 12th shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate.^[5]
1837 (Tenpō 8): Uprising led by Ōshio Heihachirō was known as Tempo Jiken^[6] and Ikuta Yorozu^[7]
1837 (Tenpō 8): Morrison Incident — an American ship shelled by cannon fire from Uraga and Kagoshima^[8]
1837 (Tenpō 8): Tokugawa Yoshinobu was born^[9]
12 December 1840 (Tenpō 11, 19th day of the 11th month): Former-Emperor Kōkaku died.^[10]
25 April 1843 (Tenpō 14, 25th day of the 3rd month): Earthquake in Hokkaido (Latitude: 41.800/Longitude: 144.800), 8.4 magnitude on the Richter Scale.^[4]
1844 (Tenpō 15): Errors in the lunar calendar were corrected. The new calendar was called the Tenpō-Jinin. It was in use in Japan until 1872 when the Gregorian calendar was adopted.^[11]

Tenpō Media

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Branched ("Edasen" 枝銭) Mon coins of the Tenpō period.

Related pages

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric (2002). Japan Encyclopedia. Harvard University Press. p. 957. ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5.
↑ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric (2002). Japan Encyclopedia. Harvard University Press. p. 716. ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5.
↑ Beasley, W. (1972). The Meiji Restoration. Stanford University Press. p. 64. ISBN 978-0-8047-7990-6.
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 NOAA/Japan "Significant Earthquake Database" -- U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC)
↑ 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.
↑ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric (2002). Japan Encyclopedia. Harvard University Press. p. 761. ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5.
↑ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric (2002). Japan Encyclopedia. Harvard University Press. p. 382. ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5.
↑ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric (2002). Japan Encyclopedia. Harvard University Press. p. 663. ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5.
↑ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric (2002). Japan Encyclopedia. Harvard University Press. p. 979. ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5.
↑ Meyer, Eva-Maria (1999). Japans Kaiserhof in der Edo-Zeit: unter besonderer Berucksichtigung der Jahre 1846 bis 1867. Lit. p. 186. ISBN 978-3-8258-3939-0.
↑ Nieuw Archief Voor Wiskunde. Weytingh & Brave. 1907. p. 126.

Other websites

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

Tenpō	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	13th	14th	15th
	1830	1831	1832	1833	1834	1835	1836	1837	1838	1839	1840	1841	1842	1843	1844

Preceded by:
Bunsei

Era or nengō:
Tenpō

Succeeded by:
Kōka

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[coins-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric (2002). Japan Encyclopedia. Harvard University Press. p. 957. ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5.

[2] Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric (2002). Japan Encyclopedia. Harvard University Press. p. 716. ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5.

[3] Beasley, W. (1972). The Meiji Restoration. Stanford University Press. p. 64. ISBN 978-0-8047-7990-6.

[NOAA-4] 4.0 ^4.1 NOAA/Japan "Significant Earthquake Database" -- U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC)

[hall21-5] 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.

[6] Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric (2002). Japan Encyclopedia. Harvard University Press. p. 761. ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5.

[7] Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric (2002). Japan Encyclopedia. Harvard University Press. p. 382. ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5.

[8] Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric (2002). Japan Encyclopedia. Harvard University Press. p. 663. ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5.

[9] Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric (2002). Japan Encyclopedia. Harvard University Press. p. 979. ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5.

[10] Meyer, Eva-Maria (1999). Japans Kaiserhof in der Edo-Zeit: unter besonderer Berucksichtigung der Jahre 1846 bis 1867. Lit. p. 186. ISBN 978-3-8258-3939-0.

[11] Nieuw Archief Voor Wiskunde. Weytingh & Brave. 1907. p. 126.

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