Year in Japan
1777 in Japanese History
3 recorded entries for this year. It falls in the Edo period (江戸時代, 1603 – 1868).
Era name: An'ei 安永 (year 6 of the era)
What happened 出来事
- Naitō Nobuatsu 内藤信敦 · Samurai — daimyo of the late-Edo period, 6th lord of Murakami (1777-1825)
- Tanomura Chikuden 田能村竹田 · Painter — Japanese artist (1777-1835)
- Utagawa Toyokuni II 二代目 歌川豊国 · Painter — Japanese woodblock printer (1777-1835)
Reading the year 1777 in Japanese
Japanese sources from this period date events by era name, not by the Western calendar. 1777 corresponds to An'ei 安永 (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 1777年 (1777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.