Glossary

Kyūan

久安

Term · calendar

Japanese era name (久安) for the years 1145–1150: 1145 is Kyūan 1 (元年) and Kyūan 6 is 1150. Kyūan (久安) is a Japanese era name (nengō), proclaimed in 1145. Its years are counted in lunar years from the new year before the proclamation: 1145 is Kyūan 1 (元年), 1150 its last year, Kyūan 6. A Japanese source dates a year within it as “Kyūan 2” (久安2年) rather than by a continuous count. Before: Ten’yō. After: Ninpei.