- Kanpō
nihongo|"Kanpō"|寛保 was a nihongo| Japanese era name|年号,|"nengō",|lit. "
year name" after "Genbun " and before "Enkyō." This period spanned the years from1741 through1744 . The reigning emperor was nihongo|Sakuramachi"-tennō"|桜町天皇. [Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). "Annales des empereurs du japon," pp. 417-418.]Change of Era
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1741 : Based on the belief inChinese astrology that the 58th year of the sexagenary cycle brings changes, the era name was changed to "Kanpō" (meaning "Keeping Lenient and Generous"). The previous era ended and the new one commenced in "Genbun" 6, on the 27th day of the 2nd month.Events of the "Kanpō" Era
* "Kanpō 2" (
1742 ): A comet was seen in the sky.Titsingh, p. 418.]
* "Kanpō 2", in the 8th month (September1742 ): Persistent heavy rains create floods throughout the country, with noteworthy devastation inMusashi province ,Kōzuke province ,Shimotsuke province , andShinano province . InHeian-kyō , theSanjo Bridge is washed away in this destructive storm cycle. [Ponsonby-Fane, Richard. (1956). "Kyoto: the Old Capital, 794-1869," p. 321; Titsingh, p. 418.]
* "Kanpō 3", in the 11th month (1743 ): A comet was sighted in the night sky; [see above] ] and this comet is likely to have been what is today identified as C/1743 C1 (De-Cheseaux). [Zhuang, T. (1988). "Acta Astronomica Sinica," v29:2, p. 208.] [http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1988AcASn..29..199Z ...Click link for online Harvard-Smithsonian/NASA Astrophysics Data System]Notes
References
* Ponsonby-Fane, Richard A.B. (1956). "Kyoto: the Old Capital, 794-1869." Kyoto: Ponsonby-Fane Memorial.
* [Timon Screech|Screech] , Timon. (2006). "Secret Memoirs of the Shoguns: Isaac Titsingh and Japan, 1779-1822." London:RoutledgeCurzon . ISBN 0-700-71720-X
* [Isaac Titsingh|Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). "Supplément aux annales des daïri," appended to [Siyun-sai Rin-siyo/Hayashi Gahō (1652)] , "Nipon o daï itsi ran ; ou, Annales des empereurs du Japon." Paris: Oriental Translation Fund of Great Britain and Ireland. [http://books.google.com/books?id=18oNAAAAIAAJ&dq=nipon+o+dai+itsi+ran ... Click link for digitized, full-text copy of this book (in French)]
* Zhuang, T. S. (1988). "Acta Astronomica Sinica," v29:2 P. 208.External links
* National Diet Library, "The Japanese Calendar" [http://www.ndl.go.jp/koyomi/e/ -- historical overview plus illustrative images from library's collection]
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