Year in Japan

1681 in Japanese History

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

Era name: Tenna 天和 (year 1 of the era)

What happened 出来事

Tenna 天和 · Japanese era name — Japanese era from November 1681 to April 1684
Matsudaira Yoshikuni 松平吉邦 · Samurai — [松平吉邦] daimyo of Fukui domain
Sugimura Jihē 杉村治兵衛 · Painter — Japanese printmaker (1681-1703)
Hayashi Ryūkō 林榴岡 · Philosopher — Japanese philosopher (1681-1758)

Reading the year 1681 in Japanese

Japanese sources from this period date events by era name, not by the Western calendar. 1681 corresponds to Tenna 天和 (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 1681年 (1681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.