Year in Japan

1649 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 2 of the era)

What happened 出来事

Kōshō-ji Temple 興聖寺 · Buddhist temple — Buddhist temple in Uji, Kyoto prefecture, Japan

Reading the year 1649 in Japanese

Japanese sources from this period date events by era name, not by the Western calendar. 1649 corresponds to Keian 慶安 (year 2 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 1649年 (1649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.