Year in Japan

1768 in Japanese History

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

Era name: Meiwa 明和 (year 5 of the era)

What happened 出来事

Hayashi Jussai 林述斎 · Philosopher — Japanese scholar
Matsudaira Haruyoshi 松平治好 · Samurai — daimyo (1768-1826)
Nishio Tadayoshi 西尾忠善 · Samurai — daimyo

Reading the year 1768 in Japanese

Japanese sources from this period date events by era name, not by the Western calendar. 1768 corresponds to Meiwa 明和 (year 5 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 1768年 (1768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.