Year in Japan

1619 in Japanese History

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

Era name: Genna 元和 (year 5 of the era)

What happened 出来事

Tsugaru Nobuyoshi 津軽信義 · Samurai — Japanese Daimyo (1619-1655)
Yamazaki Ansai 山崎闇斎 · Philosopher — Japanese philosopher
Hosokawa Mitsunao 細川光尚 · Samurai — daimyo (1619-1650)
Kumazawa Banzan 熊沢蕃山 · Philosopher — Japanese philosopher (1619–1691)
Fukuyama Castle 福山城 · Castle — castle in Fukuyama, Hiroshima, Japan

Reading the year 1619 in Japanese

Japanese sources from this period date events by era name, not by the Western calendar. 1619 corresponds to Genna 元和 (year 5 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 1619年 (1619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.