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.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Ansei canonical 4
Ansei era 2
Tenshō 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Japanese era name ⓘ
historical period ⓘ
associatedWith Britain ⓘ
linked to: Great Britain

France ⓘ
Netherlands ⓘ
Russia ⓘ
United States ⓘ
calendarSystem Japanese lunisolar calendar ⓘ
capital Edo ⓘ
causeOfChange signing of treaties with Western powers ⓘ
characterizedBy foreign pressure to open Japan ⓘ
natural disasters ⓘ
political unrest ⓘ
sonnō jōi movement ⓘ
unequal treaties ⓘ
country Japan ⓘ
currency Tokugawa coinage ⓘ
endDate 1860-03-18 ⓘ
endYear 1860 ⓘ
eraNameMeaning tranquil government ⓘ
follows Kaei ⓘ
governmentType feudal military government ⓘ
hasEraCode 安政 ⓘ
hasLanguage Japanese ⓘ
hasTypeOfDisaster earthquakes ⓘ
tsunamis ⓘ
location Tokugawa shogunate ⓘ
notableEvent Ansei Edo earthquake ⓘ
Ansei Nankai earthquake ⓘ
Ansei Purge ⓘ
Ansei Treaties ⓘ
Ansei Tōkai earthquake ⓘ
Ansei great earthquakes ⓘ
Harris Treaty ⓘ
Sakuradamon Incident (1860) ⓘ
partOf Bakumatsu ⓘ
period Edo period ⓘ
precedes Man’en ⓘ
reigningEmperor Emperor Kōmei ⓘ
relatedTo Hakodate port opening ⓘ
linked to: Port of Hakodate

Shimoda port opening ⓘ
Yokohama port opening ⓘ
opening of Japanese ports ⓘ
shogun Tokugawa Iemochi ⓘ
Tokugawa Iesada ⓘ
startDate 1854-11-27 ⓘ
startYear 1854 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (7)

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

Emperor Toba → eraNameUsed → Tenshō ⓘ
linked to: Ansei
1854 Ansei-Tokai earthquake → era → Ansei era ⓘ
linked to: Ansei
Ii Naosuke → eraName → Ansei era ⓘ
linked to: Ansei
Kaei → precedes → Ansei ⓘ
Man’en → follows → Ansei ⓘ