also: かんわ
Kanna era; Kanwa era
Japanese era name (年号) spanning 985.4.27 to 987.4.5. Historical term; used in reference to the late Heian period.
The first year of the Kanna era corresponds to 985 CE.
この文書は寛和二年の日付がある。
This document is dated the second year of Kanna.
Standard kanji form for this era name; the reading かんな is the most common.
Alternate reading; less common but historically attested.
The era name 寛和 (Kanna/Kanwa) was adopted in the late Heian period. The exact derivation is uncertain; it is conventionally associated with the kanji 寛 (tolerant, lenient) and 和 (harmony, peace).