Year in Japan

1742 in Japanese History

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

Era name: Kanpō 寛保 (year 2 of the era)

What happened 出来事

Date Shigemura 伊達重村 · Samurai — daimyo

Reading the year 1742 in Japanese

Japanese sources from this period date events by era name, not by the Western calendar. 1742 corresponds to Kanpō 寛保 (year 2 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 1742年 (1742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.