Year in Japan
1592 in Japanese History
6 recorded entries for this year. It falls in the Azuchi–Momoyama period (安土桃山時代, 1573 – 1603).
Era name: Bunroku 文禄 (year 1 of the era)
What happened 出来事
- Bunroku 文禄 · Japanese era name — Japanese era from December 1592 to October 1596
- Matsudaira Tadateru 松平忠輝 · Samurai — Japanese feudal lord (1592–1683)
- Hiroshima Castle 広島城 · Castle — castle
- Matsura Takanobu 松浦隆信 · Samurai — daimyo of the Edo period, 3rd lord of Hirado. a.k.a. Sōyō
- Nagoya Castle 名護屋城 · Castle — Japanese castle located in Hizen province (now Saga prefecture)
- Takashima Castle 高島城 · Castle — Japanese castle
Reading the year 1592 in Japanese
Japanese sources from this period date events by era name, not by the Western calendar. 1592 corresponds to Bunroku 文禄 (year 1 of the era). Years are written with 年 (ねん, nen) — so 1600 appears as 慶長5年, "the fifth year of Keichō".
The year itself is read 1592年 (1592ねん) in modern Japanese. Browse the full timeline to see where this year sits in the wider arc, or the 16th century for its neighbours.