Year in Japan

1761 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 11 of the era)

What happened 出来事

Santō Kyōden 山東京伝 · Writer — Japanese poet and artist (1761–1816)
Yokoi Kinkoku 横井金谷 · Painter — Japanese poet and painter (1761-1832)
Sakai Hōitsu 酒井抱一 · Painter — Japanese artist
Takatsukasa Masahiro 鷹司政煕 · Politician — Kugyō or Japanese court noble of the Edo period

Reading the year 1761 in Japanese

Japanese sources from this period date events by era name, not by the Western calendar. 1761 corresponds to Hōreki 宝暦 (year 11 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 1761年 (1761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.