Year in Japan

1655 in Japanese History

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

Era name: Meireki 明暦 (year 1 of the era)

What happened 出来事

Meireki 明暦 · Japanese era name — Japanese era from May 1655 to August 1658

Reading the year 1655 in Japanese

Japanese sources from this period date events by era name, not by the Western calendar. 1655 corresponds to Meireki 明暦 (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 1655年 (1655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.