Kanpō

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Kanpō (寛保) was a Japanese era name (年号, nengō, lit. "year name"), also known as Kampō, after Genbun and before Enkyō. This period spanned the years from February 1741 through February 1744. [1] The reigning emperor was Sakuramachi -tennō (桜町天皇). [2]

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Change of era

Events of the Kanpō era

Notes

  1. Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Kampō" Japan Encyclopedia, p. 465 , p. 465, at Google Books; n.b., Louis-Frédéric is pseudonym of Louis-Frédéric Nussbaum, see Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Authority File Archived 2012-05-24 at archive.today .
  2. Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du japon, pp. 417-418.
  3. 1 2 Titsingh, p. 418.
  4. Ponsonby-Fane, Richard. (1956). Kyoto: the Old Capital, 794-1869, p. 321; Titsingh, p. 418.
  5. Zhuang, T. (1988). Acta Astronomica Sinica, v29:2, p. 208.

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Preceded by
Genbun (元文)
Era or nengō
Kanpō (寛保)

1741–1744
Succeeded by
Enkyō (延享)