Year in Japan

1769 in Japanese History

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

Era name: Meiwa 明和 (year 6 of the era)

What happened 出来事

Utagawa Toyokuni I 歌川豊国 · Painter — Japanese artist (1769-1825)
Abe Masayoshi 阿部正由 · Samurai — Japanese daimyo
Inaba Masamori 稲葉正盛 · Samurai — daimyo
Inaba Masatake 稲葉正武 · Samurai — daimyo

Reading the year 1769 in Japanese

Japanese sources from this period date events by era name, not by the Western calendar. 1769 corresponds to Meiwa 明和 (year 6 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 1769年 (1769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.