Year in Japan

1760 in Japanese History

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

Era name: Hōreki 宝暦 (year 10 of the era)

What happened 出来事

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎 · Painter — Japanese artist (1760-1849)
Matsura Seizan 松浦清 · Samurai — daimyo of mid- to late-Edo period; 9th lord of Hirado; famous as author and swordsman (1760-1841)
Makino Tadakiyo 牧野忠精 · Samurai — daimyo
Ōkubo Tadaaki 大久保忠顕 · Samurai — daimyo

Reading the year 1760 in Japanese

Japanese sources from this period date events by era name, not by the Western calendar. 1760 corresponds to Hōreki 宝暦 (year 10 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 1760年 (1760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.