Year in Japan

1638 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 15 of the era)

What happened 出来事

Ikeda Tsunamasa 池田綱政 · Samurai — daimyo who ruled the Okayama Domain
Chisaka Takafusa 千坂高房 · Samurai — Japanese samurai

Reading the year 1638 in Japanese

Japanese sources from this period date events by era name, not by the Western calendar. 1638 corresponds to Kan'ei 寛永 (year 15 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 1638年 (1638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.