Year in Japan

1658 in Japanese History

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

Era name: Manji 万治 (year 1 of the era)

What happened 出来事

Manji 万治 · Japanese era name — Japanese era from August 1658 to May 1661
Muro Kyūsō 室鳩巣 · Philosopher — Japanese philosopher
Ogata Kōrin 尾形光琳 · Painter — Japanese painter, craftsman (1658-1716)
Shōgen-ji Temple 正眼寺 · Buddhist temple — Buddhist temple of the Myōshin-ji sect sect dedicated to Shakyamuni Tathāgata in Minokamo, Japan

Reading the year 1658 in Japanese

Japanese sources from this period date events by era name, not by the Western calendar. 1658 corresponds to Manji 万治 (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 1658年 (1658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.