Glossary

Tentoku

天徳

Term · calendar

Japanese era name (天徳) for the years 957–960: 957 is Tentoku 1 (元年) and Tentoku 4 is 960. Tentoku (天徳) is a Japanese era name (nengō), proclaimed in 957. Its years are counted in lunar years from the new year before the proclamation: 957 is Tentoku 1 (元年), 960 its last year, Tentoku 4. A Japanese source dates a year within it as “Tentoku 2” (天徳2年) rather than by a continuous count. Before: Tenryaku. After: Ōwa.