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Tenpyō-hōji

天平宝字

Term · calendar

Japanese era name (天平宝字) for the years 757–764: 757 is Tenpyō-hōji 1 (元年) and Tenpyō-hōji 8 is 764. Tenpyō-hōji (天平宝字) is a Japanese era name (nengō), proclaimed in 757. Its years are counted in lunar years from the new year before the proclamation: 757 is Tenpyō-hōji 1 (元年), 764 its last year, Tenpyō-hōji 8. A Japanese source dates a year within it as “Tenpyō-hōji 2” (天平宝字2年) rather than by a continuous count. Before: Tenpyō-shōhō. After: Tenpyō-jingo.