1601 – 1700
The 17th Century in Japan
213 recorded entries between 1601 and 1700.
1600s 42
- 1601 Kumamoto Castle 熊本城 · Castle
- 1601 Tokugawa Yoshinao 徳川義直 · Samurai
- 1601 Nijō Castle 元離宮二条城 · Castle
- 1601 Fukuoka Castle 福岡城 · Castle
- 1601 Kōchi Castle 高知城 · Castle
- 1601 Chishaku-in Temple 智積院 · Buddhist temple
- 1601 Zenkō-ji Temple 善光寺 · Buddhist temple
- 1601 Enkō-ji Temple 円光寺 · Buddhist temple
- 1602 Higashi Hongan-ji Temple 東本願寺 · Buddhist temple
- 1602 Kanō Tan'yū 狩野探幽 · Painter
- 1602 Tokugawa Yorinobu 徳川頼宣 · Samurai
- 1602 Abe Tadaaki 阿部忠秋 · Samurai
- 1602 Matsuyama Castle 松山城 · Castle
- 1602 Karatsu Castle 唐津城 · Castle
- 1602 Imabari Castle 今治城 · Castle
- 1602 Kokura Castle 小倉城 · Castle
- 1602 Satsuma Domain 薩摩藩 · Han domain
- 1602 Saga Castle 佐賀城 · Castle
- 1603 Tokugawa Yorifusa 徳川頼房 · Samurai
- 1603 Hikone Castle 彦根城 · Castle
- 1603 Kyōgoku Takamichi 京極高通 · Samurai
- 1604 Tokugawa Iemitsu 徳川家光 · Politician
- 1604 Aoyama Munetoshi 青山宗俊 · Samurai
- 1604 Torii Tadatsune 鳥居忠恒 · Samurai
- 1604 Genkū-ji Temple 源空寺 · Buddhist temple
- 1605 Nishiyama Sōin 西山宗因 · Writer
- 1606 Tokugawa Tadanaga 徳川忠長 · Politician
- 1606 Nanbu Shigenao 南部重直 · Samurai
- 1606 Matsumae Castle 松前城 · Castle
- 1606 Kōdai-ji Temple 高台寺 · Buddhist temple
- 1607 Kanō Naonobu 狩野尚信 · Painter
- 1607 Makino Chikashige 牧野親成 · Samurai
- 1607 Matsue Castle 松江城 · Castle
- 1608 Iwakuni Castle 岩国城 · Castle
- 1608 Hagi Castle 萩城 · Castle
- 1608 Ōzu Domain 大洲藩 · Han domain
- 1609 Ikeda Mitsumasa 池田光政 · Philosopher
- 1609 Hotta Masamori 堀田正盛 · Samurai
- 1609 Sasayama Castle 篠山城 · Castle
- 1609 Himeji Castle 姫路城 · Castle
- 1609 Invasion of Ryukyu 琉球侵攻 · War
- 1609 Takaoka Castle 高岡城 · Castle
1610s 34
- 1610 Asano Naganao 浅野長直 · Samurai
- 1611 Hoshina Masayuki 保科正之 · Samurai
- 1611 Hachisuka Tadateru 蜂須賀忠英 · Samurai
- 1611 Ikoma Takatoshi 生駒高俊 · Samurai
- 1611 Daishin-ji Temple 大信寺 · Buddhist temple
- 1611 Hirosaki Castle 弘前城 · Castle
- 1612 Sengaku-ji Temple 泉岳寺 · Buddhist temple
- 1612 Tenjiku Tokubei 天竺徳兵衛 · Writer
- 1613 Zuiryū-ji Temple 瑞龍寺 · Buddhist temple
- 1614 Kanō Yasunobu 狩野安信 · Painter
- 1614 Siege of Osaka 大坂の陣 · Siege
- 1614 Battle of Shigino 鴫野の戦い · Battle
- 1615 Genna 元和 · Japanese era name
- 1615 Battle of Yao 八尾・若江の戦い · Battle
- 1615 Battle of Dōmyōji 道明寺の戦い · Battle
- 1615 Battle of Tennōji 天王寺・岡山の戦い · Battle
- 1615 Summer Siege of Osaka 大坂夏の陣 · Siege
- 1615 Battle of Kashii 樫井の戦い · Battle
- 1615 Matsumoto Domain 松本藩 · Han domain
- 1616 Hoshina Masakage 保科正景 · Samurai
- 1616 Maeda Mitsutaka 前田光高 · Samurai
- 1616 Nabeshima Naozumi 鍋島直澄 · Samurai
- 1617 Tosa Mitsuoki 土佐光起 · Painter
- 1617 Itakura Shigenori 板倉重矩 · Samurai
- 1617 Kamei Koremasa 亀井茲政 · Samurai
- 1617 Maeda Toshitsugu 前田利次 · Samurai
- 1617 Tsukiji Hongan-ji Temple 築地本願寺 · Buddhist temple
- 1617 Akashi Castle 明石城 · Castle
- 1618 Hayashi Gahō 林鵞峰 · Philosopher
- 1619 Tsugaru Nobuyoshi 津軽信義 · Samurai
- 1619 Yamazaki Ansai 山崎闇斎 · Philosopher
- 1619 Hosokawa Mitsunao 細川光尚 · Samurai
- 1619 Kumazawa Banzan 熊沢蕃山 · Philosopher
- 1619 Fukuyama Castle 福山城 · Castle
1620s 16
- 1620 Kusumi Morikage 久隅守景 · Painter
- 1620 Hamada Castle 浜田城 · Castle
- 1621 Saikai-ji Temple 済海寺 · Buddhist temple
- 1622 Matsudaira Yorishige 松平頼重 · Samurai
- 1623 Inaba Masanori 稲葉正則 · Samurai
- 1624 Kan'ei 寛永 · Japanese era name
- 1624 Sakai Tadakiyo 酒井忠清 · Samurai
- 1624 Empress Meishō 明正天皇 · Politician
- 1624 Reigan-ji Temple 霊巌寺 · Buddhist temple
- 1625 Kitamura Kigin 北村季吟 · Writer
- 1625 Kan'ei-ji Temple 寛永寺 · Buddhist temple
- 1625 Tokugawa Mitsutomo 徳川光友 · Samurai
- 1627 Itō Jinsai 伊藤仁斎 · Philosopher
- 1627 Tokugawa Mitsusada 徳川光貞 · Samurai
- 1628 Tokugawa Mitsukuni 徳川光圀 · Politician
- 1629 Sōfuku-ji Temple 崇福寺 · Buddhist temple
1630s 22
- 1630 Kaibara Ekken 貝原益軒 · Philosopher
- 1630 Hachisuka Mitsutaka 蜂須賀光隆 · Samurai
- 1630 Ōta Suketsugu 太田資次 · Samurai
- 1630 Katakura Kagenaga 片倉景長 · Samurai
- 1631 Kanō Einō 狩野永納 · Painter
- 1631 Nagai Naotsune 永井尚庸 · Samurai
- 1632 Nabeshima Mitsushige 鍋島光茂 · Samurai
- 1632 Ōkubo Tadatomo 大久保忠朝 · Samurai
- 1632 Toda Tadamasa 戸田忠昌 · Samurai
- 1634 Makino Narisada 牧野成貞 · Samurai
- 1634 Hotta Masatoshi 堀田正俊 · Samurai
- 1635 Honda Toshinaga 本多利長 · Samurai
- 1635 Kamei-in Temple 亀井院 · Buddhist temple
- 1636 Matsudaira Mitsumichi 松平光通 · Samurai
- 1636 Kanō Tsunenobu 狩野常信 · Painter
- 1637 Hosokawa Yukitaka 細川行孝 · Samurai
- 1637 Asano Tsunaakira 浅野綱晟 · Samurai
- 1637 Tamura Muneyoshi 田村宗良 · Samurai
- 1638 Ikeda Tsunamasa 池田綱政 · Samurai
- 1638 Chisaka Takafusa 千坂高房 · Samurai
- 1639 Tōkai-ji Temple 東海寺 · Buddhist temple
- 1639 Daidōji Yūzan 大道寺友山 · Samurai
1640s 17
- 1640 Date Tsunamune 伊達綱宗 · Samurai
- 1640 Keichū 契沖 · Writer
- 1640 Matsudaira Masachika 松平昌親 · Samurai
- 1641 Tokugawa Ietsuna 徳川家綱 · Samurai
- 1641 Shinshū Ōtani-ha Hakodate Betsu-in Temple 真宗大谷派函館別院 · Buddhist temple
- 1642 Ihara Saikaku 井原西鶴 · Writer
- 1643 Maeda Tsunanori 前田綱紀 · Samurai
- 1643 Nabeshima Naoyuki 鍋島直之 · Samurai
- 1643 Asano Nagatomo 浅野長友 · Samurai
- 1644 Matsuo Bashō 松尾芭蕉 · Painter
- 1644 Hayashi Hōkō 林鳳岡 · Philosopher
- 1645 Shōhō 正保 · Japanese era name
- 1646 Tokugawa Tsunayoshi 徳川綱吉 · Samurai
- 1646 Tsugaru Nobumasa 津軽信政 · Samurai
- 1646 Naitō Kiyokazu 内藤清枚 · Samurai
- 1646 Torii Tadanori 鳥居忠則 · Samurai
- 1648 Keian 慶安 · Japanese era name
1650s 23
- 1650 Ogasawara Nagashige 小笠原長重 · Samurai
- 1650 Marubashi Chūya 丸橋忠弥 · Samurai
- 1651 Mukai Kyorai 向井去来 · Writer
- 1651 Aoyama Tadao 青山忠雄 · Samurai
- 1652 Jōō 承応 · Japanese era name
- 1652 Hanabusa Itchō 英一蝶 · Painter
- 1652 Tokugawa Tsunanari 徳川綱誠 · Samurai
- 1653 Chikamatsu Monzaemon 近松門左衛門 · Writer
- 1653 Kanō Tanshin 狩野探信 · Painter
- 1654 Aoyama Tadashige 青山忠重 · Samurai
- 1655 Meireki 明暦 · Japanese era name
- 1656 Hachisuka Tsunamichi 蜂須賀綱通 · Samurai
- 1657 Arai Hakuseki 新井白石 · Historian
- 1657 Mizuta Masahide 水田正秀 · Samurai
- 1658 Manji 万治 · Japanese era name
- 1658 Muro Kyūsō 室鳩巣 · Philosopher
- 1658 Ogata Kōrin 尾形光琳 · Painter
- 1658 Shōgen-ji Temple 正眼寺 · Buddhist temple
- 1659 Date Tsunamura 伊達綱村 · Samurai
- 1659 Asano Tsunanaga 浅野綱長 · Samurai
- 1659 Ōishi Yoshio 大石良雄 · Samurai
- 1659 Yamamoto Tsunetomo 山本常朝 · Philosopher
- 1659 Yanagisawa Yoshiyasu 柳沢吉保 · Samurai
1660s 23
- 1660 Matsudaira Suketoshi 松平資俊 · Samurai
- 1661 Kanbun 寛文 · Japanese era name
- 1661 Takarai Kikaku 宝井其角 · Writer
- 1661 Uejima Onitsura 上島鬼貫 · Writer
- 1661 Manpuku-ji Temple 萬福寺 · Buddhist temple
- 1661 Hachisuka Tsunanori 蜂須賀綱矩 · Samurai
- 1661 Matsudaira Tsunamasa 松平綱昌 · Samurai
- 1662 Tokugawa Ienobu 徳川家宣 · Politician
- 1663 Ogata Kenzan 尾形乾山 · Painter
- 1664 Torii Kiyonobu 鳥居清信 · Painter
- 1664 Nagai Naohiro 永井直敬 · Samurai
- 1664 Sonome 斯波園女 · Writer
- 1665 Kagami Shikō 各務支考 · Writer
- 1665 Torii Tadateru 鳥居忠英 · Samurai
- 1666 Ogyū Sorai 荻生徂徠 · Philosopher
- 1666 Manabe Akifusa 間部詮房 · Samurai
- 1667 Konoe Iehiro 近衛家熙 · Samurai
- 1667 Nabeshima Naonori 鍋島直称 · Samurai
- 1669 Kada no Azumamaro 荷田春満 · Writer
- 1669 Tsugaru Nobuhisa 津軽信寿 · Samurai
- 1669 Kujō Sukezane 九条輔実 · Painter
- 1669 Mizuno Tadayuki 水野忠之 · Samurai
- 1669 Kinokuniya Bunzaemon 紀伊國屋文左衛門 · Monk
1670s 8
- 1670 Horibe Yasubei 堀部武庸 · Samurai
- 1671 Makino Hideshige 牧野英成 · Samurai
- 1671 Kaigetsudō Ando 懐月堂安度 · Painter
- 1672 Mori Naganao 森長直 · Samurai
- 1673 Enpō 延宝 · Japanese era name
- 1675 Matsudaira Munemasa 松平宗昌 · Samurai
- 1677 Ōoka Tadasuke 大岡忠相 · Samurai
- 1678 Hōzan-ji Temple 宝山寺 · Buddhist temple
1680s 16
- 1680 Date Yoshimura 伊達吉村 · Samurai
- 1680 Ōoka Shunboku 大岡春卜 · Painter
- 1681 Tenna 天和 · Japanese era name
- 1681 Matsudaira Yoshikuni 松平吉邦 · Samurai
- 1681 Sugimura Jihē 杉村治兵衛 · Painter
- 1681 Hayashi Ryūkō 林榴岡 · Philosopher
- 1682 Miyagawa Issho 宮川一笑 · Painter
- 1683 Miyagawa Chōshun 宮川長春 · Painter
- 1683 Matsudaira Nobutoki 松平信祝 · Samurai
- 1684 Jōkyō 貞享 · Japanese era name
- 1684 Tokugawa Yoshimune 徳川吉宗 · Politician
- 1685 Ishida Baigan 石田梅岩 · Philosopher
- 1686 Hakuin Ekaku 白隠慧鶴 · Philosopher
- 1686 Okumura Masanobu 奥村政信 · Writer
- 1688 Genroku 元禄 · Japanese era name
- 1689 Tokugawa Yoshimichi 徳川吉通 · Samurai
1690s 11
- 1690 Maeda Yoshinori 前田吉徳 · Samurai
- 1692 Tokugawa Tsugutomo 徳川継友 · Samurai
- 1692 Ōkubo Tadamasa 大久保忠方 · Samurai
- 1693 Koshu-ji Temple 興宗寺 · Buddhist temple
- 1695 Namiki Sōsuke 並木宗輔 · Writer
- 1695 Toki Yoritoshi 土岐頼稔 · Samurai
- 1696 Tokugawa Muneharu 徳川宗春 · Samurai
- 1697 Kamo no Mabuchi 賀茂真淵 · Philosopher
- 1697 Hyakusen 彭城百川 · Painter
- 1697 Nishimura Shigenaga 西村重長 · Painter
- 1698 Aoki Kon'yō 青木昆陽 · Writer
1700s 1
- 1700 Musō Gonnosuke 夢想権之助 · Samurai