Year in Japan

1746 in Japanese History

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

Era name: Enkyō 延享 (year 3 of the era)

What happened 出来事

Hanawa Hokiichi 塙保己一 · Historian — Japanese philosopher (1746-1821)
Nabeshima Naohiro 鍋島直寛 · Samurai — daimyo

Reading the year 1746 in Japanese

Japanese sources from this period date events by era name, not by the Western calendar. 1746 corresponds to Enkyō 延享 (year 3 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 1746年 (1746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.