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Kangen

寛元

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Japanese era name (寛元) for the years 1243–1246: 1243 is Kangen 1 (元年) and Kangen 4 is 1246. Kangen (寛元) is a Japanese era name (nengō), proclaimed in 1243. Its years are counted in lunar years from the new year before the proclamation: 1243 is Kangen 1 (元年), 1246 its last year, Kangen 4. A Japanese source dates a year within it as “Kangen 2” (寛元2年) rather than by a continuous count. Before: Ninji. After: Hōji.