Year in Japan

1628 in Japanese History

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

Era name: Kan'ei 寛永 (year 5 of the era)

What happened 出来事

Tokugawa Mitsukuni 徳川光圀 · Politician — daimyo of the early Edo period; 2nd lord of Mito (1628-1701)

Reading the year 1628 in Japanese

Japanese sources from this period date events by era name, not by the Western calendar. 1628 corresponds to Kan'ei 寛永 (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 1628年 (1628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.