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{{nihongo|'''Tengi'''|天喜}} was a {{nihongo|[[Japanese era name|Japanese era]]|年号,|''nengō'',|lit. "year name"}} after ''[[Eishō (Heian period)|Eishō]]'' and before ''[[Kohei|Kōhei]].''  This period started in January 1053 and ended in August 1058.<ref>Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). [https://books.google.com/books?id=p2QnPijAEmEC&pg=PA958 "''Tengi''"] in ''Japan Encyclopedia'', p. 958.</ref> The reigning emperor was {{nihongo|[[Emperor Go-Reizei of Japan|Go-Reizei]]''-tennō''|後冷泉天皇}}.<ref>[[Isaac Titsingh|Titsingh, Isaac]]. (1834). [https://books.google.com/books?id=18oNAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA162 ''Annales des empereurs du japon'', pp. 162-166];  Brown, Delmer ''et al.'' (1979). [https://books.google.com/books?id=w4f5FrmIJKIC&pg=PA311 ''Gukanshō'', pp. 311-314]; ; Varley, H. Paul. (1980). ''Jinnō Shōtōki.'' p. 197-198.</ref>

==Events of the ''Tengi'' Era==
* '''1056''' (''Tengi 4, 7th-8th months''): A star with the shape of a broom was observed in the east at daybreak.<ref>Pankenier, David ''et al.'' (2008). [https://books.google.com/books?id=XmgEWgvKmh4C&pg=PA122  ''Archaeoastronomy in East Asia: Historical Observational Records of Comets and Meteor Showers from China, Japan, and Korea,'' p. 122].</ref>
* '''1057''' (''Tengi 5, 9th month''): [[Abe no Yoritoki]] was killed in battle by a stray arrow.<ref>Ackroyd, Joyce. (1982). ''Lessons from History: the Tokushi Yoron,'' p. 120.</ref>

==Related pages==
* [[Heian period]]

==References==
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==Other websites==
* National Diet Library, "The Japanese Calendar" [http://www.ndl.go.jp/koyomi/e/ -- historical overview plus illustrative images from library's collection]


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!Tengi!!1st!!2nd!!3rd!!4th!!5th!!6th
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| || 1053 || 1054 || 1055 || 1056 || 1057 || 1058
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| width =20% |Preceded by:<br>''[[Eishō (Heian period)|Eishō]]''
| width =30% |[[Japanese era name|Era or ''nengō'']]:<br>'''Tengi'''
| width =20% |Succeeded by:<br>''[[Kōhei]]''
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