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352 THE ZODIACAL CYCLE AND YEAR PERIODS.
THE YEAR PERIODS continued.
From 1394 a.d. to the Present Time.
NAME OF COMMENCED NAME OF COMMENCED
» t, a r-^r-T^T, c-
CHARACTERS. CHARACTERS.
PERIOD. A.D. A.D.
Genroku 1688 Anyei 1772
Hoyei 1 704 ^emmei M 00 M
it; it- Shotokii 17 1 1 Kwansei 1789
Kioho 1716 Kiowa 1801
Gembun 1736 ^^S^Bunkwa 1804
Kwanpo 1741 1818
rr Yenkio 1744^.^ ^^^Tempo 1830
iC H Kwanyen 1748 Koka 1844
£
Horeki 1 75 1 1848
Meiiva 1764 Ansei M CO 10
