Year in Japan

1671 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 11 of the era)

What happened 出来事

Makino Hideshige 牧野英成 · Samurai — daimyo (1671-1741)
Kaigetsudō Ando 懐月堂安度 · Painter — Japanese artist (1671-1743)

Reading the year 1671 in Japanese

Japanese sources from this period date events by era name, not by the Western calendar. 1671 corresponds to Kanbun 寛文 (year 11 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 1671年 (1671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.