Ten'an

Ten'an (天安) was a Japanese era name (年号, nengō, "year name") after Saikō and before Jōgan. This period spanned the years from February 857 through April 859.[1] The reigning emperors were Montoku-tennō (文徳天皇) and Seiwa-tennō (清和天皇).[2]

  1. ^ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Ten'an" 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 Archived 2012-05-24 at archive.today.
  2. ^ Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du japon, p. 112; Brown, Delmer et al. (1979). Gukanshō, pp. 264–265; Varley, H. Paul. (1980). Jinnō Shōtōki, p. 165.