Year in Japan

1702 in Japanese History

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

Era name: Genroku 元禄 (year 15 of the era)

What happened 出来事

Nabeshima Naotsune 鍋島直恒 · Samurai — daimyo
Yokoi Yayū 横井也有 · Philosopher — Japanese linguist, poet and philosopher

Reading the year 1702 in Japanese

Japanese sources from this period date events by era name, not by the Western calendar. 1702 corresponds to Genroku 元禄 (year 15 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 1702年 (1702ねん) in modern Japanese. Browse the full timeline to see where this year sits in the wider arc, or the 18th century for its neighbours.