also: かんおう
noun
Kannō era; Kan'ō era
Japanese era name of the Northern Court, lasting from 1350 to 1352.
観応の擾乱は、室町幕府の内紛として知られている。
The Kannō Disturbance is known as an internal conflict of the Muromachi shogunate.
The era name 観応 (Kannō) was adopted by the Northern Court during the Nanboku-chō period. The exact derivation is uncertain; it is conventionally associated with the kanji 観 (view, observe) and 応 (respond, answer).