Glossary

Chōkan

長寛

Term · calendar

Japanese era name (長寛) for the years 1163–1165: 1163 is Chōkan 1 (元年) and Chōkan 3 is 1165. Chōkan (長寛) is a Japanese era name (nengō), proclaimed in 1163. Its years are counted in lunar years from the new year before the proclamation: 1163 is Chōkan 1 (元年), 1165 its last year, Chōkan 3. A Japanese source dates a year within it as “Chōkan 2” (長寛2年) rather than by a continuous count. Before: Ōhō. After: Eiman.