Tenpyō-jingo

was a  after Tenpyō-hōji and before Jingo-keiun.  This period started in January 765 and ended in August 767.Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Tenpyō-jingo" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 957.   The reigning monarch was .Nussbaum, "Shōtoku Tennō," p. 888; Titsingh, Isaac. (1834).  Annales des empereurs du Japon, pp. 78-81; Brown, Delmer et al. (1979). Gukanshō, p. 276; Varley, H. Paul. (1980). Jinnō Shōtōki. p. 145.  This was the same woman who had reigned as the former .Nussbaum, "Kōken Tennō," pp. 547-548.

Events of the Tenpyō-jingo era
 765 (Tenpyō-jingo 1, 2nd month): The empress raised the Buddhist priest Dōkyō  to the position of daijō-daijin zenji.Titsingh,  p. 78.
 765 (Tenpyō-jingo 1): Fujiwara  no Toyonari died at age 62. He had held the office of Minister of the Right (udaijin).
 765 (Tenpyō-jingo 1):  Former Emperor Junnin died in exile.Titsingh,  p. 78; Imperial Household Agency (Kunaichō), 淳仁天皇  (47); retrieved 2012-5-22.
 766 (Tenpyō-jingo 2,  1st month): Fujiwara-no Matate is named uddaijin; and Kibi no Makibi becomes a major counselor (dainaigon).

Related pages
 Nara period

References

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

Tenpyō-jingo1st2nd3rd  765  766  767
Preceded by:Tenpyō-hōjiEra or nengō:Tenpyō-jingoSucceeded by:Jingo-keiun

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