Glossary

Tenpuku

天福

Term · calendar

Japanese era name (天福) for the years 1233–1234: 1233 is Tenpuku 1 (元年) and Tenpuku 2 is 1234. Tenpuku (天福) is a Japanese era name (nengō), proclaimed in 1233. Its years are counted in lunar years from the new year before the proclamation: 1233 is Tenpuku 1 (元年), 1234 its last year, Tenpuku 2. A Japanese source dates a year within it as “Tenpuku 2” (天福2年) rather than by a continuous count. Before: Jōei. After: Bunryaku.