Kan'ei(寛永?) was a Japanese era name(年号,nengō?, "year name") after Genna and before Shōhō. This period spanned the years from February 1624 through December 1644. The reigning emperors and empress were Go-Mizunoo-tennō(後水尾天皇?), Meishō-tennō(明正天皇?) and Go-Kōmyō-tennō(後光明天皇?).