Year in Japan

1637 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 14 of the era)

What happened 出来事

Hosokawa Yukitaka 細川行孝 · Samurai — daimyo
Asano Tsunaakira 浅野綱晟 · Samurai — Lord of Hiroshima Domain (1637-1673)

Reading the year 1637 in Japanese

Japanese sources from this period date events by era name, not by the Western calendar. 1637 corresponds to Kan'ei 寛永 (year 14 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 1637年 (1637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.