Glossary

Kantoku

寛徳

Term · calendar

Japanese era name (寛徳) for the years 1044–1046: 1044 is Kantoku 1 (元年) and Kantoku 3 is 1046. Kantoku (寛徳) is a Japanese era name (nengō), proclaimed in 1044. Its years are counted in lunar years from the new year before the proclamation: 1044 is Kantoku 1 (元年), 1046 its last year, Kantoku 3. A Japanese source dates a year within it as “Kantoku 2” (寛徳2年) rather than by a continuous count. Before: Chōkyū. After: Eishō.