Year in Japan

1624 in Japanese History

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

Era name: Kan'ei 寛永 (year 1 of the era)

What happened 出来事

Kan'ei 寛永 · Japanese era name — Japanese era from April 1624 to January 1645
Sakai Tadakiyo 酒井忠清 · Samurai — daimyo
Empress Meishō 明正天皇 · Politician — empress of Japan (1624-1696)
Reigan-ji Temple 霊巌寺 · Buddhist temple — building in Tokyo, Japan

Reading the year 1624 in Japanese

Japanese sources from this period date events by era name, not by the Western calendar. 1624 corresponds to Kan'ei 寛永 (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 1624年 (1624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.