Year in Japan

1747 in Japanese History

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

Era name: Enkyō 延享 (year 4 of the era)

What happened 出来事

Shiba Kōkan 司馬江漢 · Painter — Japanese artist (1747-1818)
Takayama Hikokurō 高山彦九郎 · Samurai — samurai
Mori Sosen 森狙仙 · Painter — Japanese artist (1747-1821)

Reading the year 1747 in Japanese

Japanese sources from this period date events by era name, not by the Western calendar. 1747 corresponds to Enkyō 延享 (year 4 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 1747年 (1747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.