Dai-ei [Taiei] | 2181 | 1521 Kōroku | 2188 | 1528 Tembun | 2192 | 1532 Kōji | 2215 | 1555 Eiroku | 2218 | 1558 Genki | 2230 | 1570 Tenshō | 2233 | 1573 Bunroku | 2252 | 1592 Keichō | 2256 | 1596 Genna | 2275 | 1615 Kwanei | 2284 | 1624 Shōhō | 2304 | 1644 Kei-an | 2308 | 1648 Jō-ō [Shō-ō] | 2312 | 1652 Meireki | 2315 | 1655 Manji | 2318 | 1658 Kwambun | 2321 | 1661 Empō | 2333 | 1673 Tenna | 2341 | 1681 Jōkiō | 2344 | 1684 Genroku | 2348 | 1688 Hō-ei | 2364 | 1704 Shōtōku | 2371 | 1711 Kiōhō | 2376 | 1716 Gembun | 2396 | 1736 Kwampō | 2401 | 1741 Enkiō | 2404 | 1744 Kwannen | 2408 | 1748 Hōreki | 2411 | 1751 Meiwa | 2424 | 1764 Anei | 2432 | 1772 Temmei | 2441 | 1781 Kwansei | 2449 | 1789 Kiōwa | 2461 | 1801 Bunkwa | 2464 | 1804 Bunsei | 2478 | 1818 Tempō | 2490 | 1830 Kōkwa | 2504 | 1844 Ka-ei | 2508 | 1848 Ansei | 2514 | 1854 Manen | 2520 | 1860 Bunkiū | 2521 | 1861 Genji | 2524 | 1864 Kei-ō | 2525 | 1865 Meiji | 2528 | 1868 Taishō | 2572 | 1912 ---------------------------+-----------+---------- The names of these periods are made by the various combinations of 68 Chinese words of good omen. ===================================================