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Tenshō (天正) was a Japanese era name (年号,, nengō,, lit. "year" name) after Genki and before Bunroku. This period spanned the years from July 1573 through December 1592.^[1] The reigning emperors were Ōgimachi-tennō (正親町天皇) and Go-Yōzei-tennō (後陽成天皇).^[2]

Change of era

1573 Tenshō gannen (天正元年): The new era name was created to mark a number of regional wars. The era name was inspired by a passage from a Chinese classic, Lao Zi: :"Those who are at peace with nature bring all under Heaven into its correct pattern" (清静者為天下正).

The era name Tenshō was suggested by Oda Nobunaga. The previous era ended and a new one commenced in Genki 4, the 28th day of the 7th month.

Events of the Tenshō era

1573 (Tenshō 1, 7th month): Ashikaga Yoshiaki lost his position as shogun. He shaved his head, becoming a Buddhist priest. Initially, he took the priestly name Sho-san; but he eventually came to be known as Rei-o In.^[3]
1574 (Tenshō 2, 1st month): Sectarian rebellion in Echizen Province.
1574 (Tenshō 2, 9th month): Suppression of sectarian rebellion in Nagashima.
1576 (Tenshō 3, 5th month): Takeda Katsuyori led an army into Totomi province where he lay siege to Nagashino castle. The Tokugawa defended the castle; and Tokugawa Ieayasu sought assistance from Oda Nobunaga. In response, Nobunaga and his son Nobutada arrived at Nagashino with a large force. In the ensuring Battle of Nagashino, the Takeda attackers were forced to retreat.^[4]
1576 (Tenshō 4): Takeda Katuyori ordered the rebuilding of the Asama Shrine at the base of Mount Fuji in Suruga province.^[5]
1579 (Tenshō 7, 5th month): Azuchi Sect Debates at Azuchi Castle.
1579 (Tenshō 7, 6th month): Akechi Mitsuhide makes himself master of Tamba province.^[6]
1579 (Tenshō 8, 11th month): Kaga sectarian rebellion suppressed.^[6]
1582 (Tenshō 10): Takeda Katuyori utter defeat by the forces of Oda Nobunaga led to the destruction of Takeda-built structures at the Asama Shrine.^[5]
1582 (Tenshō 10, 3rd month): Battle of Temmokuzan.^[7]
1582 (Tenshō 10, 6th month): Incident at Honnō-ji,^[8] Battle of Yamazaki,^[9] Council of Kiyosu.
February 20, 1582 (Tenshō 10, 28th day of the 10th month): Ogimachi gave over the reins of government to his grandson, who would become Emperor Go-Yozei. There had been no such Imperial since Emperor Go-Hanazono abdicated in Kanshō 5. The dearth of abdications is attributable to the disturbed state of the country and to the fact that there was neither any dwelling in which an ex-emperor could live nor any excess funds in the treasury to support him.^[10]
1586 (Tenshō 14, 12th month): A marriage is arranged between the youngest sister of Hideyoshi and Tokugawa Ieyasu.^[11]
1586 (Tenshō 14, 12th month): The kampaku, Toyotomi Hideyoshi, was nominated to be Daijō-daijin.^[11]
1587 (Tenshō 15): Gold or silver coins called Tenshō-tsūhō were minted. The gold coins (Tenshō-ōban) weighed 165 grams; and these oval shaped coins were worth 10 ryō.^[1]
1588 (Tenshō 16, 7th month): Emperor Go-Yōzei visits Toyotomi Hideyoshi's mansion, Sword Hunt decree
1590 (Tenshō 18, 7th month): Hideyoshi led an army to the Kantō where he lay siege to Odawara Castle. When the fortress fell, Hōjō Ujimasa died and his brother, Hōjō Ujinao submitted to Hideyoshi's power, thus ending a period of serial internal warfare which had continued uninterrupted since the nengō Onin (1467).^[12]
1592 (Tenshō 20, 4th month): The Imjin War begins with the Siege of Busan.

In 1589-1590 (in the 23rd year of the reign of King Seonjo of Joseon), a diplomatic mission led by Hwang Yun-gil was sent to Japan.^[13] The Joseon ambassador was received by Hideyoshi.^[14]

In popular culture

The fictional plot of the classic Akira Kurosawa film Seven Samurai takes place in the 15th year of Tenshō.

Notes

↑ 1.0 1.1 Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Tenshō" in Japan encyclopedia, p. 961; n.b., Louis-Frédéric is pseudonym of Louis-Frédéric Nussbaum, see Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Authority File.
↑ Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du Japon, pp. 382-405.
↑ Titsingh, p. 389.
↑ Titsingh, p. 391.
↑ 5.0 5.1 Ponsonby-Fane, Richard. (1962). Studies in Shinto and Shrines, p.462.
↑ 6.0 6.1 Titsingh, p. 394.
↑ Titsingh, p. 395.
↑ Titsingh, p. 396.
↑ Titsingh, p. 397.
↑ Titsingh, p. 402; Ponsonby-Fane, Richard A. B. (1956). Kyoto: The Old Capital of Japan, 794-1869, pp. 340-341.
↑ 11.0 11.1 Titsingh, p. 402.
↑ Titsingh, p. 405.
↑ Rutt, Richard et al. (2003). Korea: a Historical and Cultural Dictionary, p. 190.
↑ Kang, Diplomacy and Ideology, p. 275.

References

Kang, Etsuko Hae-jin. (1997). Diplomacy and Ideology in Japanese-Korean Relations: from the Fifteenth to the Eighteenth Century. Basingstoke, Hampshire; Macmillan. 10-ISBN 0-312-17370-9/13-ISBN 978-0-312-17370-8; OCLC 243874305
Nussbaum, Louis Frédéric and Käthe Roth. (2005). Japan Encyclopedia. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. 10-ISBN 0-674-01753-6; 13-ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5; OCLC 48943301
Ponsonby-Fane, Richard Arthur Brabazon. (1959). The Imperial House of Japan. Kyoto: Ponsonby Memorial Society. OCLC 194887
____________. (1962). Studies in Shinto and Shrines. Kyoto: Ponsonby Memorial Society. OCLC 3994492
Rutt, Richard and James Hoare. (2003). Korea: a Historical and Cultural Dictionary. London: Routledge. 10-ISBN 0-700-70464-7/13-ISBN 978-0-700-70464-4
Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Nihon Odai Ichiran; ou, Annales des empereurs du Japon. Paris: Royal Asiatic Society, Oriental Translation Fund of Great Britain and Ireland. OCLC 5850691

External links

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

Preceded by Genki	Era or nengō Tenshō 1573–1592	Succeeded by Bunroku

v t e Japanese era names (Nengō)

Asuka period 538–710	Taika 645–650 Hakuchi 650–654 Shuchō 686–686 Taihō 701–704 Keiun 704–708 Wadō 708–715

Nara period 710–784	Reiki 715–717 Yōrō 717–724 Jinki 724–729 Tenpyō 729–749 Tenpyō-kanpō 749–749 Tenpyō-shōhō 749–757 Tenpyō-hōji 757–765 Tenpyō-jingo 765–767 Jingo-keiun 767–770 Hōki 770–781 Ten'ō 781–782 Enryaku 782–806

Heian period 784–1185	Daidō 806–810 Kōnin 810–824 Tenchō 824–834 Jōwa 834–848 Kajō 848–851 Ninju 851–854 Saikō 854–857 Ten'an 857–859 Jōgan 859–877 Gangyō 877–885 Ninna 885–889 Kanpyō 889–898 Shōtai 898–901 Engi 901–923 Enchō 923–931 Jōhei 931–938 Tengyō 938–947 Tenryaku 947–957 Tentoku 957–961 Ōwa 961–964 Kōhō 964–968 Anna 968–970 Tenroku 970–973 Ten'en 973–976 Jōgen 976–978 Tengen 978–983 Eikan 983–985 Kanna 985–987 Eien 987–988 Eiso 988–990 Shōryaku 990–995 Chōtoku 995–999 Chōhō 999–1004 Kankō 1004–1012 Chōwa 1012–1017 Kannin 1017–1021 Jian 1021–1024 Manju 1024–1028 Chōgen 1028–1037 Chōryaku 1037–1040 Chōkyū 1040–1044 Kantoku 1044–1046 Eishō 1046–1053 Tengi 1053–1058 Kōhei 1058–1065 Jiryaku 1065–1069 Enkyū 1069–1074 Jōhō 1074–1077 Jōryaku 1077–1081 Eihō 1081–1084 Ōtoku 1084–1087 Kanji 1087–1094 Kahō 1094–1096 Eichō 1096–1097 Jōtoku 1097–1099 Kōwa 1099–1104 Chōji 1104–1106 Kajō 1106–1108 Tennin 1108–1110 Ten'ei 1110–1113 Eikyū 1113–1118 Gen'ei 1118–1120 Hōan 1120–1124 Tenji 1124–1126 Daiji 1126–1131 Tenshō 1131–1132 Chōshō 1132–1135 Hōen 1135–1141 Eiji 1141–1142 Kōji 1142–1144 Ten'yō 1144–1145 Kyūan 1145–1151 Ninpei 1151–1154 Kyūju 1154–1156 Hōgen 1156–1159 Heiji 1159–1160 Eiryaku 1160–1161 Ōhō 1161–1163 Chōkan 1163–1165 Eiman 1165–1166 Nin'an 1166–1169 Kaō 1169–1171 Jōan 1171–1175 Angen 1175–1177 Jishō 1177–1181 Yōwa 1181–1182 Juei 1182–1184 Genryaku 1184–1185

Kamakura period 1185–1333	Bunji 1185–1190 Kenkyū 1190–1199 Shōji 1199–1201 Kennin 1201–1204 Genkyū 1204–1206 Ken'ei 1206–1207 Jōgen 1207–1211 Kenryaku 1211–1213 Kempo 1213–1219 Jōkyū 1219–1222 Jōō 1222–1224 Gennin 1224–1225 Karoku 1225–1227 Antei 1227–1229 Kangi 1229–1232 Jōei 1232–1233 Tenpuku 1233–1234 Bunryaku 1234–1235 Katei 1235–1238 Ryakunin 1238–1239 En'ō 1239–1240 Ninji 1240–1243 Kangen 1243–1247 Hōji 1247–1249 Kenchō 1249–1256 Kōgen 1256–1257 Shōka 1257–1259 Shōgen 1259–1260 Bun'ō 1260–1261 Kōchō 1261–1264 Bun'ei 1264–1275 Kenji 1275–1278 Kōan 1278–1288 Shōō 1288–1293 Einin 1293–1299 Shōan 1299–1302 Kengen 1302–1303 Kagen 1303–1306 Tokuji 1306–1308 Enkyō 1308–1311 Ōchō 1311–1312 Shōwa 1312–1317 Bunpō 1317–1319 Gen'ō 1319–1321 Genkō 1321–1324 Shōchū 1324–1326 Karyaku 1326–1329 Gentoku 1329–1331 Genkō 1331–1334^♯ Shōkyō 1332–1333^₪

Nanboku-chō period (Northern Court) 1336–1392	Kemmu 1334–1338 Ryakuō 1338–1342 Kōei 1342–1345 Jōwa 1345–1350 Kannō 1350–1352 Bunna 1352–1356 Enbun 1356–1361 Kōan 1361–1362 Jōji 1362–1368 Ōan 1368–1375 Eiwa 1375–1379 Kōryaku 1379–1381 Eitoku 1381–1384 Shitoku 1384–1387 Kakei 1387–1389 Kōō 1389–1390 Meitoku 1390–1394^‡

Nanboku-chō period (Southern Court) 1336–1392	Kemmu 1334–1336 Engen 1336–1340 Kōkoku 1340–1346 Shōhei 1346–1370 Kentoku 1370–1372 Bunchū 1372–1375 Tenju 1375–1381 Kōwa 1381–1384 Genchū 1384–1392^‡

Muromachi period 1392–1573	Ōei 1394–1428 Shōchō 1428–1429 Eikyō 1429–1441 Kakitsu 1441–1444 Bun'an 1444–1449 Hōtoku 1449–1452 Kyōtoku 1452–1455 Kōshō 1455–1457 Chōroku 1457–1460 Kanshō 1460–1466 Bunshō 1466–1467 Ōnin 1467–1469 Bunmei 1469–1487 Chōkyō 1487–1489 Entoku 1489–1492 Meiō 1492–1501 Bunki 1501–1521 Eishō 1504–1521 Daiei 1521–1528 Kyōroku 1528–1532 Tenbun 1532–1555 Kōji 1555–1558 Eiroku 1558–1570 Genki 1570–1573

Momoyama period 1573–1600	Tenshō 1573–1592 Bunroku 1592–1596 Keichō 1596–1615

Edo period 1600–1868	Genna 1615–1624 Kan'ei 1624–1644 Shōhō 1644–1648 Keian 1648–1652 Jōō 1652–1655 Meireki 1655–1658 Manji 1658–1661 Kanbun 1661–1673 Enpō 1673–1681 Tenna 1681–1684 Jōkyō 1684–1688 Genroku 1688–1704 Hōei 1704–1711 Shōtoku 1711–1716 Kyōhō 1716–1736 Genbun 1736–1741 Kanpō 1741–1744 Enkyō 1744–1748 Kan'en 1748–1751 Hōreki 1751–1764 Meiwa 1764–1772 An'ei 1772–1781 Tenmei 1781–1789 Kansei 1789–1801 Kyōwa 1801–1804 Bunka 1804–1818 Bunsei 1818–1830 Tenpō 1830–1844 Kōka 1844–1848 Kaei 1848–1854 Ansei 1854–1860 Man'en 1860–1861 Bunkyū 1861–1864 Genji 1864–1865 Keiō 1865–1868

Modern Japan 1868–present	Meiji 1868–1912 Taishō 1912–1926 Shōwa 1926–1989 Heisei 1989–present

^♯ The Northern pretenders did not recognize the Genkō era. Gentoku continued to be used in the Northern Court until 1332. ^₪ The Shōkyō era was recognized only by the Northern pretenders, not by the Southern Court. ^‡ Upon reunification of the Northern and Southern Courts in 1392, Genchū was discontinued. Meitoku was used until 1394.

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