Glossary

Kansei

寛政

Term · calendar

Japanese era name (寛政) for the years 1789–1801: 1789 is Kansei 1 (元年) and Kansei 13 is 1801. Kansei (寛政) is a Japanese era name (nengō), proclaimed in 1789. Its years are counted in lunar years from the new year before the proclamation: 1789 is Kansei 1 (元年), 1801 its last year, Kansei 13. A Japanese source dates a year within it as “Kansei 2” (寛政2年) rather than by a continuous count. Before: Tenmei. After: Kyōwa.