Year in Japan

1643 in Japanese History

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

Era name: Kan'ei 寛永 (year 20 of the era)

What happened 出来事

Maeda Tsunanori 前田綱紀 · Samurai — Japanese daimyo of the early Edo period
Nabeshima Naoyuki 鍋島直之 · Samurai — daimyo (1643-1725)
Asano Nagatomo 浅野長友 · Samurai — Daimyo who ruled the Akō Domain

Reading the year 1643 in Japanese

Japanese sources from this period date events by era name, not by the Western calendar. 1643 corresponds to Kan'ei 寛永 (year 20 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 1643年 (1643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.