Year in Japan

1666 in Japanese History

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

Era name: Kanbun 寛文 (year 6 of the era)

What happened 出来事

Ogyū Sorai 荻生徂徠 · Philosopher — Japanese philosopher (1666–1728)
Manabe Akifusa 間部詮房 · Samurai — daimyo (1666-1720)

Reading the year 1666 in Japanese

Japanese sources from this period date events by era name, not by the Western calendar. 1666 corresponds to Kanbun 寛文 (year 6 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 1666年 (1666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.