Year in Japan

1757 in Japanese History

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

Era name: Hōreki 宝暦 (year 7 of the era)

What happened 出来事

Kubo Shunman 窪俊満 · Painter — ukiyo-e artist and painter during the Edo period of Japan. (1757-1820)
Torii Kiyotsune 鳥居清経 · Painter — Japanese artist (1757-1779)

Reading the year 1757 in Japanese

Japanese sources from this period date events by era name, not by the Western calendar. 1757 corresponds to Hōreki 宝暦 (year 7 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 1757年 (1757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.