Year in Japan

1788 in Japanese History

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

Era name: Tenmei 天明 (year 8 of the era)

What happened 出来事

Kikuchi Yōsai 菊池容斎 · Painter — Japanese painter (1788–1878)
Tsugaru Chikatari 津軽親足 · Samurai — Japanese Daimyo
Matsudaira Naritaka 松平斉孝 · Samurai — daimyo of the late Edo period; 7th lord of Tsuyama

Reading the year 1788 in Japanese

Japanese sources from this period date events by era name, not by the Western calendar. 1788 corresponds to Tenmei 天明 (year 8 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 1788年 (1788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.