Glossary

Kyōwa

享和

Term · calendar

Japanese era name (享和) for the years 1801–1804: 1801 is Kyōwa 1 (元年) and Kyōwa 4 is 1804. Kyōwa (享和) is a Japanese era name (nengō), proclaimed in 1801. Its years are counted in lunar years from the new year before the proclamation: 1801 is Kyōwa 1 (元年), 1804 its last year, Kyōwa 4. A Japanese source dates a year within it as “Kyōwa 2” (享和2年) rather than by a continuous count. Before: Kansei. After: Bunka.