Year in Japan

1644 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 21 of the era)

What happened 出来事

Matsuo Bashō 松尾芭蕉 · Painter — Japanese poet (1644–1694)
Hayashi Hōkō 林鳳岡 · Philosopher — Japanese philosopher (1644-1732)

Reading the year 1644 in Japanese

Japanese sources from this period date events by era name, not by the Western calendar. 1644 corresponds to Kan'ei 寛永 (year 21 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 1644年 (1644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.