Year in Japan
1614 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 19 of the era)
What happened 出来事
- Dec 26 Battle of Shigino 鴫野の戦い · Battle — 1614 battle in Japan
- Kanō Yasunobu 狩野安信 · Painter — Japanese painter (1614-1685)
- Siege of Osaka 大坂の陣 · Siege — 1614-1615 series of battles undertaken by the Tokugawa shogunate against the Toyotomi clan
Reading the year 1614 in Japanese
Japanese sources from this period date events by era name, not by the Western calendar. 1614 corresponds to Keichō 慶長 (year 19 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 1614年 (1614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.