Tenna

was a  after Enpō and before Jōkyō.  This period started in September 1681 and ended in February 1684.Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric.. (2005).  "Tenna," Japan Encyclopedia, p. 959. During this time, the emperor was .Nussbaum, "Reigen Tennō," p. 785; Titsingh, Isaac. (1834).  Annales des empereurs du japon, pp. 414-415.

The nengō Tenna means "Peace of Heaven".Jenkins, Donald. (1971). Ukiyo-e Prints and Paintings: the Primitive Period, 1680-1745, p. 21.

Events of the Tenna era
 1681 (Tenna 1): Tokugawa Tsunayoshi is established as the fifth shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate.Titsingh,  p. 414.

 5 February 1681 (Tenna 1, 28th day of the 12th month): The Great Tenna Fire in Edo.Titsingh,  p. 415.

 1681 (Tenna 2): A famine afflicts Heian-kyō and the nearby areas.

 1683 (Tenna 3): Tokugawa shogunate grants permission for Mitsui money exchanges (ryōgaeten) to open in Edo.Hiroshi Shinjō. (1962). History of the Yen: 100 Years of Japanese Money-economy, p. 11.

 1683 (Tenna 4): Hotta Masatoshi is assassinated.Bodart-Bailey, Beatrice. (2006). The Dog Shogun: The Personality and Policies of Tokugawa Tsunayoshi, p. 183.

In Tenna, the first book was written about the coins of Japan.  The work was entitled Classified Collection of Coins (Kwacho Kuien).Munro, Neil Gordon. (1904).  The Coins of Japan, p. xviii.

Related pages 
 Edo period

 References 

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

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