Year in Japan

1639 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 16 of the era)

What happened 出来事

Tōkai-ji Temple 東海寺 · Buddhist temple — building in Tokyo, Japan
Daidōji Yūzan 大道寺友山 · Samurai — samurai in Edo period (1639–1730)

Reading the year 1639 in Japanese

Japanese sources from this period date events by era name, not by the Western calendar. 1639 corresponds to Kan'ei 寛永 (year 16 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 1639年 (1639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.