Year in Japan

1680 in Japanese History

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

Era name: Enpō 延宝 (year 8 of the era)

What happened 出来事

Date Yoshimura 伊達吉村 · Samurai — daimyo (1680-1752)
Ōoka Shunboku 大岡春卜 · Painter — Japanese artist (1680-1763)

Reading the year 1680 in Japanese

Japanese sources from this period date events by era name, not by the Western calendar. 1680 corresponds to Enpō 延宝 (year 8 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 1680年 (1680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.