Year in Japan

1762 in Japanese History

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

Era name: Hōreki 宝暦 (year 12 of the era)

What happened 出来事

Tsugaru Nobuakira 津軽信明 · Samurai — Japanese daimyo
Katsukawa Shun'ei 勝川春英 · Painter — Japanese painter (1762-1819)
Katsukawa Shunsen 勝川春扇 · Painter — Japanese artist

Reading the year 1762 in Japanese

Japanese sources from this period date events by era name, not by the Western calendar. 1762 corresponds to Hōreki 宝暦 (year 12 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 1762年 (1762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.