1) Japanese era 
==Change of era== ==Events of the Kansei era== The broad panoply of changes and new initiatives of the Tokugawa shogunate during this era became known as the Kansei Reforms. Matsudaira Sadanobu (1759–1829) was named the shogun`s chief councilor (rōjū) in the summer of 1787; and early in the next year, he became the regent for the 11th shogun,....