Year in Japan
1615 in Japanese History
6 recorded entries for this year. It falls in the Edo period (江戸時代, 1603 – 1868).
Era name: Genna 元和 (year 1 of the era)
What happened 出来事
- May 26 Battle of Kashii 樫井の戦い · Battle — 1615 battle
- Jun 2 Battle of Yao 八尾・若江の戦い · Battle — 1615 battle
- Jun 3 Battle of Dōmyōji 道明寺の戦い · Battle — 1615 battle
- Jun 3 Battle of Tennōji 天王寺・岡山の戦い · Battle — 1615 battle
- Genna 元和 · Japanese era name — Japanese era from September 1615 to April 1624
- Summer Siege of Osaka 大坂夏の陣 · Siege — 1615 siege
Reading the year 1615 in Japanese
Japanese sources from this period date events by era name, not by the Western calendar. 1615 corresponds to Genna 元和 (year 1 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 1615年 (1615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.