Glossary

Kanshō

寛正

Term · calendar

Japanese era name (寛正) for the years 1460–1466: 1460 is Kanshō 1 (元年) and Kanshō 7 is 1466. Kanshō (寛正) is a Japanese era name (nengō), proclaimed in 1460. Its years are counted in lunar years from the new year before the proclamation: 1460 is Kanshō 1 (元年), 1466 its last year, Kanshō 7. A Japanese source dates a year within it as “Kanshō 2” (寛正2年) rather than by a continuous count. Before: Chōroku. After: Bunshō.