also: てんきょう · てんけい
noun
Tengyō era (938-947)
Japanese era name spanning from May 938 to April 947. The reading てんぎょう is standard; てんきょう and てんけい are alternate readings.
天慶年間に平将門の乱が起こった。
The rebellion of Taira no Masakado occurred during the Tengyō era.
この文書は天慶二年のものだ。
This document is from the second year of the Tengyō era.
Alternate reading; less common than てんぎょう.
The era name 天慶 (Tengyō) was adopted in 938. The exact derivation is uncertain, but it follows the traditional practice of selecting auspicious kanji for era names.