Year in Japan

1610 in Japanese History

1 recorded entry for this year. It falls in the Edo period (江戸時代, 1603 – 1868).

Era name: Keichō 慶長 (year 15 of the era)

What happened 出来事

Asano Naganao 浅野長直 · Samurai — daimyo

Reading the year 1610 in Japanese

Japanese sources from this period date events by era name, not by the Western calendar. 1610 corresponds to Keichō 慶長 (year 15 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 1610年 (1610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.