Year in Japan
1778 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 7 of the era)
What happened 出来事
- Matsudaira Norihiro 松平乗寛 · Samurai — daimyo who ruled the Nishio Domain (1778-1839)
- Inoue Masamoto 井上正甫 · Samurai — daimyo
- Nukina Sūō 貫名菘翁 · Painter — Japanese painter and calligrapher (1778-1863)
Reading the year 1778 in Japanese
Japanese sources from this period date events by era name, not by the Western calendar. 1778 corresponds to An'ei 安永 (year 7 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 1778年 (1778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.