Year in Japan
1601 in Japanese History
7 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 6 of the era)
What happened 出来事
- Kumamoto Castle 熊本城 · Castle — castle
- Tokugawa Yoshinao 徳川義直 · Samurai — daimyo
- Nijō Castle 元離宮二条城 · Castle — castle in Kyoto, Japan
- Fukuoka Castle 福岡城 · Castle — Japanese castle in Fukuoka city
- Kōchi Castle 高知城 · Castle — Japanese castle in Kōchi city
- Chishaku-in Temple 智積院 · Buddhist temple — Temple in Kyoto, Japan
- Zenkō-ji Temple 善光寺 · Buddhist temple — Buddhist temple in Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan
Reading the year 1601 in Japanese
Japanese sources from this period date events by era name, not by the Western calendar. 1601 corresponds to Keichō 慶長 (year 6 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 1601年 (1601ねん) in modern Japanese. Browse the full timeline to see where this year sits in the wider arc, or the 17th century for its neighbours.