Year in Japan

1648 in Japanese History

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

Era name: Keian 慶安 (year 1 of the era)

What happened 出来事

Keian 慶安 · Japanese era name — Japanese era from April 1648 to October 1652

Reading the year 1648 in Japanese

Japanese sources from this period date events by era name, not by the Western calendar. 1648 corresponds to Keian 慶安 (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 1648年 (1648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.