Year in Japan

1791 in Japanese History

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

Era name: Kansei 寛政 (year 3 of the era)

What happened 出来事

Shimazu Narioki 島津斉興 · Samurai — Japanese feudal lord (daimyo) of the Edo period
Ōtagaki Rengetsu 大田垣蓮月 · Writer — Japanese Buddhist nun, poet, potter and artist (1791–1875)

Reading the year 1791 in Japanese

Japanese sources from this period date events by era name, not by the Western calendar. 1791 corresponds to Kansei 寛政 (year 3 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 1791年 (1791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.