Glossary

Ōan

応安

Term · calendar

Japanese era name (応安) for the years 1368–1374: 1368 is Ōan 1 (元年) and Ōan 7 is 1374. Ōan (応安) is a Japanese era name (nengō), proclaimed in 1368. Its years are counted in lunar years from the new year before the proclamation: 1368 is Ōan 1 (元年), 1374 its last year, Ōan 7. A Japanese source dates a year within it as “Ōan 2” (応安2年) rather than by a continuous count. Before: Jōji. After: Eiwa.