Year in Japan

1772 in Japanese History

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

Era name: An'ei 安永 (year 1 of the era)

What happened 出来事

An'ei 安永 · Japanese era name — Japanese era from December 1772 to April 1781

Reading the year 1772 in Japanese

Japanese sources from this period date events by era name, not by the Western calendar. 1772 corresponds to An'ei 安永 (year 1 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 1772年 (1772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.