Tentoku (天徳, [te̞nto̞ku͍]) was a Japanese era name (年号, nengō, "year name") after Tenryaku and before Ōwa. This period spanned the years from October 957[1] through February 961.[2] The reigning emperors was Murakami-tennō (村上天皇).[3]

Change of era

Events of the Tentoku era

Notes

  1. ^ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Tenryaku" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 961, p. 961, at Google Books; n.b., Louis-Frédéric is pseudonym of Louis-Frédéric Nussbaum, see Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Authority File Archived 2012-05-24 at archive.today.
  2. ^ Nussbaum, "Ōwa" at p. 767., p. 767, at Google Books.
  3. ^ Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales ds empereurs du japon, pp. 139–142; Brown, Delmer et al. (1979). Gukanshō, pp. 295–298; Varley, H. Paul. (1980). Jinnō Shōtōki, pp. 183–190.
  4. ^ Brown, p. 297.
  5. ^ a b Titsingh, p. 140.
  6. ^ Titsingh, p. 141; Brown, p. 297.

References

Preceded byTenryaku Era or nengōTentoku 957–961 Succeeded byŌwa