Ansei

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Ansei was a Japanese era in the mid-19th century marked by political unrest, foreign pressure to open Japan, and significant natural disasters.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Ansei era 2
Tenshō 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Japanese era name
historical period
associatedWith Britain NERFINISHED
France NERFINISHED
Netherlands NERFINISHED
Russia NERFINISHED
United States NERFINISHED
calendarSystem Japanese lunisolar calendar
capital Edo NERFINISHED
causeOfChange signing of treaties with Western powers
characterizedBy foreign pressure to open Japan
natural disasters
political unrest
sonnō jōi movement NERFINISHED
unequal treaties
country Japan
currency Tokugawa coinage NERFINISHED
endDate 1860-03-18
endYear 1860
eraNameMeaning tranquil government
follows Kaei NERFINISHED
governmentType feudal military government
hasEraCode 安政 NERFINISHED
hasLanguage Japanese
hasTypeOfDisaster earthquakes
tsunamis
location Tokugawa shogunate NERFINISHED
notableEvent Ansei Edo earthquake NERFINISHED
Ansei Nankai earthquake NERFINISHED
Ansei Purge NERFINISHED
Ansei Treaties NERFINISHED
Ansei Tōkai earthquake NERFINISHED
Ansei great earthquakes NERFINISHED
Harris Treaty NERFINISHED
Sakuradamon Incident (1860) NERFINISHED
partOf Bakumatsu NERFINISHED
period Edo period NERFINISHED
precedes Man’en NERFINISHED
reigningEmperor Emperor Kōmei NERFINISHED
relatedTo Hakodate port opening NERFINISHED
Shimoda port opening
Yokohama port opening
opening of Japanese ports
shogun Tokugawa Iemochi NERFINISHED
Tokugawa Iesada NERFINISHED
startDate 1854-11-27
startYear 1854

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

1854 Ansei-Tokai earthquake era Ansei
this entity surface form: Ansei era
Ii Naosuke eraName Ansei
this entity surface form: Ansei era
Emperor Toba eraNameUsed Ansei
this entity surface form: Tenshō