1) Japanese era 
==Change of era== ==Events of the Kangi Era== ==The Kangi Famine (1229-1232)== `Between 1229 and 1232, the Kangi famine struck. Possibly the worst famine in Japanese history, it was caused by unusually cold, damp weather related to world-wide volcanic activity. The weather was so severe that snow fell in central Japan in the summer of 1230, while....