Editing Module:Kan'en (section)

==Events of the {{transl|ja|Kan'en}} era==

* '''1748''' ({{transl|ja|Kan'en}} 1): The first performance of the eleven-act puppet play {{transl|ja|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]].<ref>Hall, John. (1988). ''The Cambridge History of Japan'', p. xxiii.</ref>
* '''1748''' ({{transl|ja|Kan'en}} 1): Ambassadors from Korea and from the [[Ryukyu Islands]] were received at court in Heian-kyō.<ref name="t418"/>{{rp|418}}
* '''October 7, 1749''' ({{transl|ja|Kan'en}} 2, 26th day of the 8th month)<!-- NengoCalc 寛延二年八月二十六日  -->: A terrific storm of wind and rain strikes Kyoto; and the keep of [[Nijō Castle]] is burnt after it was struck by lightning.<ref>{{cite book
| last= Ponsonby-Fane | first= R. 
| date=1959
| title=Kyoto: the Old Capital of Japan, 794–1869
| page= 321
}}</ref><ref name="t418"/>{{rp|418}}