Kanpō

Kanpō (寛保), also known as Kampō, was a Japanese era name (年号,, nengō,, lit. "year name"), also known as Kampō, after Genbun and before Enkyō. This period started in February 1741 and ended in February 1744.^[1] During this time, the emperor was Sakuramachi-tennō (桜町天皇).^[2]

Events of the Kanpō Era

Map of Japan made in London in 1744 (4th year of Kanpō)

• 1742 (Kanpō 2): A comet was seen in the sky.^[3]

• 1742 (Kanpō 2, 8th month): Flooding in the provinces of Musashi, Kōzuke, Shimotsuke, and Shinano. In Heian-kyō, the Sanjo Bridge is washed away.^[4]

• 1743 (Kanpō 3, 11th month): A comet was sighted in the night sky. This comet is likely to have been what is today identified as C/1743 C1 (De-Cheseaux).^[5]

Related pages

• Edo period