Glossary

Kan'en

寛延

Term · calendar

Japanese era name (寛延) for the years 1748–1751: 1748 is Kan'en 1 (元年) and Kan'en 4 is 1751. Kan’en (寛延) is a Japanese era name (nengō), proclaimed in 1748. Its years are counted in lunar years from the new year before the proclamation: 1748 is Kan’en 1 (元年), 1751 its last year, Kan’en 4. A Japanese source dates a year within it as “Kan’en 2” (寛延2年) rather than by a continuous count. Before: Enkyō. After: Hōreki.