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

References

↑ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Kampō" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 465.
↑ Nussbaum, "Sakuramachi Tennō," p. 814; Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du japon, pp. 417-418.
↑ Titsingh, p. 418.
↑ Ponsonby-Fane, Richard. (1956). Kyoto: the Old Capital, 794-1869, p. 321; Titsingh, p. 418.
↑ Zhuang, T. (1988). Acta Astronomica Sinica, v29:2, p. 208; Harvard-Smithsonian/NASA Astrophysics Data System; retrieved 2011-12-15.

Other websites

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

Kanpō	1st	2nd	3rd	4th
	1741	1742	1743	1744

Preceded by:
Genbun

Era or nengō:
Kanpō

Succeeded by:
Enkyō

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[1] Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Kampō" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 465.

[2] Nussbaum, "Sakuramachi Tennō," p. 814; Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du japon, pp. 417-418.

[t418-3] 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; Harvard-Smithsonian/NASA Astrophysics Data System; retrieved 2011-12-15.

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