Year in Japan
1603 in Japanese History
3 recorded entries for this year. It falls in the Edo period (江戸時代, 1603 – 1868).
Era name: Keichō 慶長 (year 8 of the era)
What happened 出来事
- Tokugawa Yorifusa 徳川頼房 · Samurai — daimyo of the early Edo period; 1st lord of Mito, founder of Mito branch (1603-1661)
- Hikone Castle 彦根城 · Castle — castle
- Kyōgoku Takamichi 京極高通 · Samurai — daimyo of the early Edo period; 1st lord of Mineyama
Reading the year 1603 in Japanese
Japanese sources from this period date events by era name, not by the Western calendar. 1603 corresponds to Keichō 慶長 (year 8 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 1603年 (1603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.