Tenbun

Change of era

• 1532 Tenbun gannen: At the request of Ashikaga Yoshiharu, the 12th shōgun of the Muromachi Bakufu, the era name was changed because of various battles. The previous era ended and a new one commenced in Kyōroku 5, on the 29th day of the 7th month.

  Events of the ''Tenbun'' era

• 1532 : Yamashina Hongan-ji set on fire. Hokke Riot in Kyōto.
• 1536 : Go-Nara is formally installed as emperor.
• 1541 : Takeda Harunobu banishes his father, Takeda Nobutora.
• 1542 : Imagawa Yoshimoto, who was daimyō of Suruga Province, conquered Tōtōmi Province; and from there, he entered Mikawa Province where he battled the daimyō of Owari Province, Oda Nobuhide. The Imagawa forces were defeated by the Oda army.
• 1543 : Portuguese ship drifts ashore at Tanegashima, and the gun is first introduced into Japan.
• 1543 : There was flooding in Heian-kyō and nearby areas.
• 1546 : Ashikaga Yoshihusi becomes 13th Shōgun of the Ashikaga shogunate.
• 1547 : Joseon-Japanese "Treaty of Tenbun", trading limited to Joseon port of Pusan and Sō clan commerce limited to 20 ships annually.
• 1548 : Nagao Kagetora replaces his older brother Nagao Harukage as heir to Echigo Province, with triumphant entry in Kasugayama Castle.
• 1549 : Princess Nō marries Oda Nobunaga.
• 1549 : Jesuit Catholic priest Francis Xavier arrives in Japan at Kagoshima.
• 1549 : Matsudaira clan of Mikawa Province fall under Imagawa Yoshimoto's rule. Matsudaira Takechiyo departs for Imagawa as a hostage.
• 1554 : Shogun Yoshihusi was changed to Yoshiteru.