Year in Japan
1602 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 7 of the era)
What happened 出来事
- Higashi Hongan-ji Temple 東本願寺 · Buddhist temple — Buddhist temple in Kyoto, Japan; head temple of Ōtani-ha school
- Kanō Tan'yū 狩野探幽 · Painter — Japanese artist (1602-1674)
- Tokugawa Yorinobu 徳川頼宣 · Samurai — daimyo of the early Edo period; 1st lord of Kishu, founder of Kii branch
- Abe Tadaaki 阿部忠秋 · Samurai — daimyo
- Matsuyama Castle 松山城 · Castle — castle in Iyo province (now Matsuyama, Ehime prefecture), Japan
- Karatsu Castle 唐津城 · Castle — Japanese castle in Karatsu, Saga prefecture
- Imabari Castle 今治城 · Castle — Japanese castle in Imabari, Ehime, Japan, which is well known as one of the three Mizujiro, or "Cast
Reading the year 1602 in Japanese
Japanese sources from this period date events by era name, not by the Western calendar. 1602 corresponds to Keichō 慶長 (year 7 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 1602年 (1602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.