Tenna

For other uses, see Tenna (disambiguation).

Tenna or Tenwa (Japanese:天和) was a Japanese era name (年号, nengō, lit. year name) after Empō and before Jōkyō. This period spanned the years from 1681 through 1684. The reigning emperor was Reigen-tennō (霊元天皇).

Change of Era

• Tenna gannen (天和元年) or Tenna 1 (1681): The new era name of Tenna (meaning "Heavenly Imperial Peace") was created to mark the 58th year of a cycle of the Chinese zodiac. The previous era ended and the new one commenced in Empō 9, on the 29th day of the 9th month.

Events of the Tenna era

• Tenna 2, on the 28th day of the 12th month (1682): The Great Tenna Fire in Edo.
• Tenna 3, on 1683-03-29, Yaoya Oshichi was burned at the stake for arson.

References

Further reading

• Screech, Timon. (2006). Secret Memoirs of the Shoguns: Isaac Titsingh and Japan, 1779-1822. London: RoutledgeCurzon. ISBN 0-700-71720-X
• Titsingh, Isaac. (1822). Illustrations of Japan; consisting of Private Memoirs and Anecdotes of the reigning dynasty of The Djogouns, or Sovereigns of Japan; a description of the Feasts and Ceremonies observed throughout the year at their Court; and of the Ceremonies customary at Marriages and Funerals: to which are subjoined, observations on the legal suicide of the Japanese, remarks on their their poetry, an explanation of their mode of reckoning time, particulars respecting the Dosia powder, the preface of a work by Confoutzee on filial piety, &c. &c. by M. Titsingh formerly Chief Agent to the Dutch East India Company at Nangasaki. Translated from the French, by Frederic Shoberl with coloured plates, faithfully copied from Japanese original designs. London: Ackerman.
• Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Supplément aux annales des daïri, appended to [Siyun-sai Rin-siyo, 1652], Nipon o daï itsi ran; ou, Annales des empereurs du Japon, tr. par M. Isaac Titsingh avec l'aide de plusieurs interprètes attachés au comptoir hollandais de Nangasaki; ouvrage re., complété et cor. sur l'original japonais-chinois, accompagné de notes et précédé d'un Aperçu d'histoire mythologique du Japon, par M. J. Klaproth. Paris: Oriental Translation Fund of Great Britain and Ireland. --Two digitized examples of this rare book have now been made available online: (1) from the library of the University of Michigan, digitized January 30, 2007; and (2) from the library of Stanford University, digitized June 23, 2006. Click here to read the original text in French.

Tenna	1st	2nd	3rd	4th
Gregorian	1681	1682	1683	1684

Preceded by: Enpō

Era or nengō: Tenna

Succeeded by: Jōkyō