Year in Japan

1627 in Japanese History

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

Era name: Kan'ei 寛永 (year 4 of the era)

What happened 出来事

Itō Jinsai 伊藤仁斎 · Philosopher — Japanese philosopher (1627–1705)
Tokugawa Mitsusada 徳川光貞 · Samurai — daimyo

Reading the year 1627 in Japanese

Japanese sources from this period date events by era name, not by the Western calendar. 1627 corresponds to Kan'ei 寛永 (year 4 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 1627年 (1627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.