Year in Japan

1697 in Japanese History

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

Era name: Genroku 元禄 (year 10 of the era)

What happened 出来事

Kamo no Mabuchi 賀茂真淵 · Philosopher — Japanese philosopher
Hyakusen 彭城百川 · Painter — Japanese painter (1697-1752)
Nishimura Shigenaga 西村重長 · Painter — Japanese printmaker (1697–1756)

Reading the year 1697 in Japanese

Japanese sources from this period date events by era name, not by the Western calendar. 1697 corresponds to Genroku 元禄 (year 10 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 1697年 (1697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.