Year in Japan

1645 in Japanese History

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

Era name: Shōhō 正保 (year 1 of the era)

What happened 出来事

Shōhō 正保 · Japanese era name — Japanese era from January 1645 to April 1648

Reading the year 1645 in Japanese

Japanese sources from this period date events by era name, not by the Western calendar. 1645 corresponds to Shōhō 正保 (year 1 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 1645年 (1645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.