 tenju (å¤©æ) was a japanese era name (å¹´å·, nengÅ, lit. year name) of the southern court during the era of northern and southern courts after bunchÅ« and before kÅwa. this period spanned the years from may 1375 to february 1381.nussbaum, louis-frÃ©dÃ©ric. (2005). "tenju" in japan encyclopedia, p. 959; n.b., louis-frÃ©dÃ©ric is pseudonym of louis-frÃ©dÃ©ric nussbaum, see deutsche nationalbibliothek authority file. the southern court emperor in yoshino during this time-frame was . the northern court emperor in kyoto was .titsingh, isaac. (1834). annales des empereurs du japon, pp. 312-316. ==nanboku-chÅ overview==  during the meiji period, an imperial decree dated march 3, 1911 established that the legitimate reigning monarchs of this period were the direct descendants of emperor go-daigo through emperor go-murakami, whose  had been established in exile in yoshino, near nara.thomas, julia adeney. (2001). reconfiguring modernity: concepts of nature in japanese political ideology, p. 199 n57, citing mehl, margaret. (1997). history and the state in nineteenth-century japan. p. 140-147. until the end of the edo period, the militarily superior pretender-emperors supported by the ashikaga shogunate had been mistakenly incorporated in imperial chronologies despite the undisputed fact that the imperial regalia were not in their possession. this illegitimate  had been established in kyoto by ashikaga takauji. ==change of era== * 1375, also called : the new era name was created to mark an event or series of events. the previous era ended and the new one commenced in bunchÅ« 4. in this time frame, eiwa (1375â1379) and kÅryaku (1379â1381) were the southern court equivalent nengÅ. ==events of the tenju era== * 1375 (tenju 1): shogun ashikaga yoshimitsu visits t
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