Year in Japan
1611 in Japanese History
5 recorded entries for this year. It falls in the Edo period (江戸時代, 1603 – 1868).
Era name: Keichō 慶長 (year 16 of the era)
What happened 出来事
- Hoshina Masayuki 保科正之 · Samurai — daimyo of the early Edo period; 1st lord of Aizu
- Hachisuka Tadateru 蜂須賀忠英 · Samurai — Daimyo who ruled the Tokushima Domain
- Ikoma Takatoshi 生駒高俊 · Samurai — daimyo who ruled the Takamatsu Domain.
- Daishin-ji Temple 大信寺 · Buddhist temple — Buddhist temple in Tokyo, Japan
- Hirosaki Castle 弘前城 · Castle — castle in Hirosaki, Aomori prefecture, Japan
Reading the year 1611 in Japanese
Japanese sources from this period date events by era name, not by the Western calendar. 1611 corresponds to Keichō 慶長 (year 16 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 1611年 (1611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.