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Kan'en (寛延) was a Japanese era name (年号, nengō, lit. "year name") after Enkyō and before Hōreki. This period spanned the years from July 1748 to October 1751.^[1] The reigning emperor was Emperor Momozono (桃園天皇).^[2]^: 418

Change of era

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1748 Kan'en gannen (寛延元年): The era name was changed to Kan'en (meaning "Prolonging Lenience") to mark the enthronement of Emperor Momozono. The previous era ended and the new era commenced in Enkyō 5, on the 12th day of the 7th month.

Events of the Kan'en era

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1748 (Kan'en1): The first performance of the eleven-act puppet play Kanadehon Chushingura (A copybook of the treasury of loyal retainers), depicting the classic story of samurai revenge, the 1702 vendetta of the Forty-seven rōnin.^[3]
1748 (Kan'en1): Ambassadors from Korea and from the Ryukyu Islands were received at court in Heian-kyō.^[2]^: 418
October 7, 1749 (Kan'en 2, 26th day of the 8th month): A terrific storm of wind and rain strikes Kyoto; and the keep of Nijō Castle is burnt after it was struck by lightning.^[4]^[2]^: 418

Notes

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^ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Kan'en" Japan Encyclopedia, p. 469, p. 469, 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.

^ ^a ^b ^c Titsingh, Isaac (1834). Nipon o daï itsi ran; ou, Annales des empereurs du Japon (in French). Paris: Oriental Translation Fund.

^ Hall, John. (1988). The Cambridge History of Japan, p. xxiii.

^ Ponsonby-Fane, R. (1959). Kyoto: the Old Capital of Japan, 794–1869. p. 321.

References

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Hall, John Whitney. (1988). Early Modern Japan (The Cambridge History of Japan, Vol. 4). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521223553; OCLC 489633115
Nussbaum, Louis Frédéric and Käthe Roth. (2005). Japan Encyclopedia. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5; OCLC 48943301
Ponsonby-Fane, Richard A.B. (1956). Kyoto: the Old Capital, 794-1869. Kyoto: Ponsonby-Fane Memorial. OCLC 36644
Screech, Timon. (2006). Secret Memoirs of the Shoguns: Isaac Titsingh and Japan, 1779-1822. London: RoutledgeCurzon. ISBN 978-0-203-09985-8; OCLC 65177072
Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Nihon Odai Ichiran; ou, Annales des empereurs du Japon. Paris: Royal Asiatic Society, Oriental Translation Fund of Great Britain and Ireland. OCLC 5850691.

External links

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National Diet Library, "The Japanese Calendar" -- historical overview plus illustrative images from library's collection

Preceded by Enkyō (延享)	Era or nengō Kan'en (寛延) 1748–1751	Succeeded by Hōreki (宝暦)

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