Events of The Tenji Period
- 662 (Tenji 1): Empress Saimei dies; and her nephew delays receiving the succession (senso). Only years later does Emperor Tenji formally accede to the throne (sokui).
- 662 (Tenji 1): A new chronological time frame is marked by the beginning of the reign of Emperor Tenji
- 667 (Tenji 6): Six years after the death of Empress Saimei, her mausoleum was reconstructed. Naka no Ōe-shinnō had not yet been proclaimed as Emperor Tenji, which meant that he had not yet begun to create an official court around himself. In this year, he did at last establish his court at Ōtsu-no-Miya in the Ōmi Province, where his enthronement was belatedly scheduled for the springtime of the following year.
- 668 (Tenji 7): Emperor Tenji is formally enthroned.
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