Year in Japan
1609 in Japanese History
6 recorded entries for this year. It falls in the Edo period (江戸時代, 1603 – 1868).
Era name: Keichō 慶長 (year 14 of the era)
What happened 出来事
- Ikeda Mitsumasa 池田光政 · Philosopher — daimyo (1609-1682)
- Hotta Masamori 堀田正盛 · Samurai — daimyo
- Sasayama Castle 篠山城 · Castle — building in Sasayama, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan
- Himeji Castle 姫路城 · Castle — Japanese castle complex
- Invasion of Ryukyu 琉球侵攻 · War — invasion of the Ryukyu Kingdom by the Satsuma Domain, resulting in the former’s being reduced to a v
- Takaoka Castle 高岡城 · Castle — castle in Japan
Reading the year 1609 in Japanese
Japanese sources from this period date events by era name, not by the Western calendar. 1609 corresponds to Keichō 慶長 (year 14 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 1609年 (1609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.