Glossary

Meiwa

明和

Term · calendar

Japanese era name (明和) for the years 1764–1772: 1764 is Meiwa 1 (元年) and Meiwa 9 is 1772. Meiwa (明和) is a Japanese era name (nengō), proclaimed in 1764. Its years are counted in lunar years from the new year before the proclamation: 1764 is Meiwa 1 (元年), 1772 its last year, Meiwa 9. A Japanese source dates a year within it as “Meiwa 2” (明和2年) rather than by a continuous count. Before: Hōreki. After: An’ei.