Kansei

Kansei (寛政) was a Japanese era name (年号,, nengō,, lit. "year name") after Tenmei and before Kyōwa. This period started in January 1789 and ended in February 1801.^[1] During this time, the emperor was Kōkaku-tennō (光格天皇).^[2]

The nengō Kansei means "Lenient Government".^[3]

Events of the Kansei era

Silver coins minted in the Kansei era

• 1790 (Kansei 2): Matsudaira Sadanobu orders Kansei Edict (寛政異学の禁, Kansei igaku no kin) about Confucianism^[4] and Neo-Confucian doctrine^[5]
• 1792 (Kansei 4): Russian envoy Adam Laxman arrives at Nemuro in eastern Ezo (now Hokkaidō).^[6]
• 1793 (Kansei 5): Shogonuate orders research and publication of daimyo clan genealogies and hatamoto genealogies.^[7]
• 1797 (Kansei 9): Kansei Calendar Revision^[8]

Related pages

• Edo period
• Kansei calendar