Tenpyō-jingo

Tenpyō-jingo (天平神護) was a Japanese era name (年号, nengō,, lit. "year name") after Tenpyō-hōji and before Jingo-keiun. This period spanned the years from January 765 through August 767.[1] The reigning empress was Empress Shōtoku (称徳天皇). This was the same woman who had reigned previously as Empress Kōken (孝謙天皇).[2]

Change of era

Events of the Tenpyō-jingo era

Notes

  1. Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Tenpyō-jingo" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 957, p. 957, at Google Books; n.b., Louis-Frédéric is pseudonym of Louis-Frédéric Nussbaum, see Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Authority File.
  2. Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du Japon, pp. 78-81; Brown, Delmer et al. (1979). Gukanshō, pp. 274-276; Varley, H. Paul. (1980). Jinnō Shōtōki. p. 143-147.
  3. Brown, p. 276.
  4. 1 2 3 Titsingh, p. 78.

References

Preceded by
Tenpyō-hōji
Era or nengō
Tenpyō-jingo

765–767
Succeeded by
Jingo-keiun
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