Year in Japan
1716 in Japanese History
3 recorded entries for this year. It falls in the Edo period (江戸時代, 1603 – 1868).
Era name: Kyōhō 享保 (year 1 of the era)
What happened 出来事
- Kyōhō 享保 · Japanese era name — Japanese era from August 1716 to June 1736 of Nakamikado Emperor and Sakuramachi Emperor
- Yosa Buson 与謝蕪村 · Writer — poet and painter from Japan (1716–1784)
- Itō Jakuchū 伊藤若冲 · Painter — Japanese artist (1716-1800)
Reading the year 1716 in Japanese
Japanese sources from this period date events by era name, not by the Western calendar. 1716 corresponds to Kyōhō 享保 (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 1716年 (1716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.