Glossary

Kanpō

寛保

Term · calendar

Japanese era name (寛保) for the years 1741–1744: 1741 is Kanpō 1 (元年) and Kanpō 4 is 1744. Kanpō (寛保) is a Japanese era name (nengō), proclaimed in 1741. Its years are counted in lunar years from the new year before the proclamation: 1741 is Kanpō 1 (元年), 1744 its last year, Kanpō 4. A Japanese source dates a year within it as “Kanpō 2” (寛保2年) rather than by a continuous count. Before: Genbun. After: Enkyō.