Year in Japan
1598 in Japanese History
3 recorded entries for this year. It falls in the Azuchi–Momoyama period (安土桃山時代, 1573 – 1603).
Era name: Keichō 慶長 (year 3 of the era)
What happened 出来事
- Matsudaira Tadamasa 松平忠昌 · Samurai — [松平忠昌] daimyo of the early Edo period; 3rd lord of Fukui
- Akita Toshisue 秋田俊季 · Samurai — daimyo
- Matsukura Katsuie 松倉勝家 · Samurai — Japanese daimyo of the early Edo period, Lord of Shimabara
Reading the year 1598 in Japanese
Japanese sources from this period date events by era name, not by the Western calendar. 1598 corresponds to Keichō 慶長 (year 3 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 1598年 (1598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.