Kaei

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Kaei was a Japanese era name (nengō) of the late Edo period, notable for encompassing events such as the arrival of Commodore Perry and the opening of Japan to the West.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Japanese era name
nengō
associatedWith early stages of Japan’s end of isolation (sakoku)
late Tokugawa foreign policy changes
calendarType lunisolar Japanese calendar
capital Edo NERFINISHED
chronologicalOrder after Tenpō and Kōka eras
before Ansei era
country Japan
endTime 1854
Ansei 1, 11th month
eraNameFor Emperor Kōmei NERFINISHED
eraSystem Japanese nengō system
follows Kōka NERFINISHED
governmentType Tokugawa shogunate NERFINISHED
historicalRegion Japanese archipelago
language Japanese
namedAfter “eternal felicity” (meaning of the characters 嘉永)
notableEvent Perry’s first visit to Uraga near Edo in 1853
Perry’s second visit to Japan in 1854
arrival of Commodore Matthew C. Perry in Japan
increasing foreign pressure on the Tokugawa shogunate
opening of Japan to the West
signing of the Convention of Kanagawa
period Edo period NERFINISHED
positionInTime late Edo period NERFINISHED
precedes Ansei NERFINISHED
romanization Ka’ei
script kanji
startTime 1848
Kōka 5, 4th month
transliteration 嘉永 NERFINISHED
usedIn dating years in Japan
official documents of the Tokugawa shogunate

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