Year in Japan

1821 in Japanese History

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

Era name: Bunsei 文政 (year 4 of the era)

What happened 出来事

Hachisuka Narihiro 蜂須賀斉裕 · Samurai — Japanese daimyo (1821–1868)

Reading the year 1821 in Japanese

Japanese sources from this period date events by era name, not by the Western calendar. 1821 corresponds to Bunsei 文政 (year 4 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 1821年 (1821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.