{"slug": "tenbun", "label": "Tenbun", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tenbun", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1192853", "qid": "Q1192853", "description": "Japanese era from July 1532 to October 1555", "entries": 11, "years": 9, "span": [1535, 1555], "span_label": ["1535 CE", "1555 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 8}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 1}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 1}, {"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "japan", "label": "Japan", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "osaka", "label": "Osaka", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "kyushu", "label": "Kyūshū", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "portuguese-people", "label": "Portuguese people", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "emperor-of-japan", "label": "Emperor of Japan", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1535, "year_label": "1535 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "March 29", "text": "March 29 – (Tenbun 4, 26th day of 2nd month) Go-Nara, who has ruled since 1526 is formally installed as the 105th Emperor of Japan", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369561145#January–March", "title": "1535", "revid": 1369561145, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1541, "year_label": "1541 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "February 8", "text": "February 8 – (13th day of 1st month of Tenbun 10) In Japan, the Siege of Yoshida-Kōriyama Castle, started by Amago Haruhisa of the 30,000 strong Amago clan the previous September in an attack against the Mōri clan led by Mōri Motonari and the Ōuchi clan, ends with a defeat of the attackers. The Amago clan sustains heavy losses, including the death of Amago Hisayuki.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1361813253#January–March", "title": "1541", "revid": 1361813253, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1542, "year_label": "1542 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "July 23", "text": "July 23 – (10th day of 6th month of Tenbun 11) In Japan, a six-year rebellion within the Date clan when clan leader Date Tanemune, returning home from a day of falconry, is attacked by his oldest son, Date Harumune, and imprisoned at Kōri-Nishiyama Castle in Fukushima Prefecture. Tanemune is rescued by an aide, Koyanagigawa Munetomo, and escapes. The war lasts for six years before Harumune triumphs and becomes the new leader of the Date clan.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1359947406#July–September", "title": "1542", "revid": 1359947406, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1543, "year_label": "1543 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "August 25", "text": "August 25 – (24th day of 7th month of Tenbun 12) The first Europeans arrive in Japan and introduce firearms to the Asian monarchy, as the Chinese pirate Wang Zhi escorts Portuguese traders to in Tanegashima island in southern Kyushu. The first European visitors include António Mota, António Peixoto, Francisco Zeimoto, and Fernão Mendes Pinto.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369357899#July–September", "title": "1543", "revid": 1369357899, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1545, "year_label": "1545 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "October 31", "text": "October 31 – (26th day of 9th month of Tenbun 14) The Siege of Kawagoe Castle begins, as part of an unsuccessful attempt by the Uesugi clan to regain Kawagoe Castle from the Late Hōjō clan in Japan.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366653612#October–December", "title": "1545", "revid": 1366653612, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1548, "year_label": "1548 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "February 14", "text": "February 14 – (Tenbun 18, 4th day of 1st month) At the Battle of Uedahara, firearms are used for the first time on the battlefield in Japan, and Takeda Shingen is defeated by Murakami Yoshikiyo.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366656469#January–March", "title": "1548", "revid": 1366656469, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1548, "year_label": "1548 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "January 28", "text": "January 28 – (Tenbun 17, 30th day of 12th month) Nagao Kagetora (later Uesugi Kenshin) leads a triumphant entry into Kasugayama Castle in Japan, replacing his older brother Nagao Harukage as the lead samurai in the Nagao clan that rules the Echigo Province.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366656469#January–March", "title": "1548", "revid": 1366656469, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1549, "year_label": "1549 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "July 18", "text": "July 18 – (Tenbun 18, 24th day of the 7th month) In the Battle of Eguchi, fought in Japan's Settsu Province near Osaka, General Miyoshi Nagayoshi defies the Governor, Hosokawa Harumoto, to attack the Eguchi Castle of Nagayoshi's cousin, Miyoshi Masanaga. After a 12-day battle, Miyoshi Masanaga is killed along with several of Hosokawa's other generals. Governor Hosokawa, fearing a reprisal, flees and eventually loses his authority over Settsu Province.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362482759#July–September", "title": "1549", "revid": 1362482759, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1549, "year_label": "1549 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "July 27", "text": "July 27 – (Tenbun 18, 3rd day of the 7th month) European Jesuit Francis Xavier arrives in Japan at the port of Kagoshima, the first Christian missionary there, but is not allowed to go to shore until three weeks later.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362482759#July–September", "title": "1549", "revid": 1362482759, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1551, "year_label": "1551 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "September 30", "text": "September 30 – (1st day of 9th month of Tenbun 21) Tainei-ji incident: A coup in Yamaguchi, by the military establishment of the Ōuchi clan, forces their lord Ōuchi Yoshitaka to commit suicide, and the city is burned.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1352783865#July–September", "title": "1551", "revid": 1352783865, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1555, "year_label": "1555 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "October 16", "text": "October 16 – (1st day of 10th month Tenbun 24) – At the Battle of Miyajima Island, Mori Motonari defeats Sue Harukata.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369561106#October–December", "title": "1555", "revid": 1369561106, "section": "Events › October–December"}}]}