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Kanpyō

寛平

Term · calendar

Japanese era name (寛平) for the years 889–897: 889 is Kanpyō 1 (元年) and Kanpyō 9 is 897. Kanpyō (寛平) is a Japanese era name (nengō), proclaimed in 889. Its years are counted in lunar years from the new year before the proclamation: 889 is Kanpyō 1 (元年), 897 its last year, Kanpyō 9. A Japanese source dates a year within it as “Kanpyō 2” (寛平2年) rather than by a continuous count. Before: Ninna. After: Shōtai.