Year in Japan

1607 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 12 of the era)

What happened 出来事

Kanō Naonobu 狩野尚信 · Painter — Japanese painter (1607-1650)
Makino Chikashige 牧野親成 · Samurai — daimyo
Matsue Castle 松江城 · Castle — castle

Reading the year 1607 in Japanese

Japanese sources from this period date events by era name, not by the Western calendar. 1607 corresponds to Keichō 慶長 (year 12 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 1607年 (1607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.