Year in Japan

1808 in Japanese History

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

Era name: Bunka 文化 (year 5 of the era)

What happened 出来事

Konoe Tadahiro 近衛忠煕 · Politician — Japanese court noble (1808-1898)

Reading the year 1808 in Japanese

Japanese sources from this period date events by era name, not by the Western calendar. 1808 corresponds to Bunka 文化 (year 5 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 1808年 (1808ねん) in modern Japanese. Browse the full timeline to see where this year sits in the wider arc, or the 19th century for its neighbours.