Year in Japan
1612 in Japanese History
2 recorded entries for this year. It falls in the Edo period (江戸時代, 1603 – 1868).
Era name: Keichō 慶長 (year 17 of the era)
What happened 出来事
- Sengaku-ji Temple 泉岳寺 · Buddhist temple — Sōtō Zen Buddhist temple in Tokyo, Japan
- Tenjiku Tokubei 天竺徳兵衛 · Writer — 17th-century Japanese trader or traveler, who become a magician character in Kabuki
Reading the year 1612 in Japanese
Japanese sources from this period date events by era name, not by the Western calendar. 1612 corresponds to Keichō 慶長 (year 17 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 1612年 (1612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.