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Tenna

天和

Term · calendar

Japanese era name (天和) for the years 1681–1684: 1681 is Tenna 1 (元年) and Tenna 4 is 1684. Tenna (天和) is a Japanese era name (nengō), proclaimed in 1681. Its years are counted in lunar years from the new year before the proclamation: 1681 is Tenna 1 (元年), 1684 its last year, Tenna 4. A Japanese source dates a year within it as “Tenna 2” (天和2年) rather than by a continuous count. Before: Enpō. After: Jōkyō.