Tenryaku

Change of era

• January 25, 947 Tenryaku gannen: The new era name was created to mark an event or series of events. The previous era ended and the new one commenced in Tengyō 10, on the 24th day of the 4th month of 947.

  Events of the ''Tenryaku'' era

• 947 : Construction began on the Kitano Shrine.
• 947 : The emperor went hunting at Uji.
• 948 : There was a great drought in the summer and strong rains in the autumn.
• September 29, 948 : The sun and the moon were both visible in the sky at the same time.
• 949 : Fujiwara no Tadahira died at the age of 70. He had been sesshō for 20 years, and he was kampaku for 8 years.
• September 9, 949 : The former-Emperor Yōzei died at the age of 82.
• 950 : Murakami causes a proclamation that his infant son, Norihira, will be his official heir and Crown Prince.
• 951 : The pagoda at Daigo-ji is now the oldest building in Kyoto.