Tempō (天保) was a Japanese era after Bunsei and before Kōka and spanned from December 10 (?), 1830 to December 2 (?), 1844. The reigning emperor was Ninko.

Change of Era

Due to the disasters of a great fire in Edo and an earthquake at Kyoto, on December 10 (?), Bunsei 13 (1830), the era became Tempō (roughly "Imperial/Heavenly support/protection")

Source of Name

"欽崇天道、永保天命" (Respect and worship the ways of heaven, Eternally keep the Mandate of Heaven

Events of the Tempō Era

• Tempō 8 (1837)
  • Wide-spread uprisings
  • Ōshio Heihachirō Rebellion
  • Ikuta Rebellion
  • Morrison Incident
• Tempō 9 (1838)
  • Tokugawa Ieyoshi takes office as Shōgun
• Tempō 15 (1844)
  • Tempō Calendar Revision
• Great Tempō Famine
• Tempō Insurrection in Chōshū
• Tempō Reform

Tenpō	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	13th	14th	15th
Gregorian	1830	1831	1832	1833	1834	1835	1836	1837	1838	1839	1840	1841	1842	1843	1844