Year in Japan
1823 in Japanese History
6 recorded entries for this year. It falls in the Edo period (江戸時代, 1603 – 1868).
Era name: Bunsei 文政 (year 6 of the era)
What happened 出来事
- Katsu Kaishū 勝海舟 · Historian — Japanese noble, statesman and naval engineer (1823–1899)
- Shimooka Renjō 下岡蓮杖 · Painter — Japanese photographer (1823-1914)
- Itakura Katsukiyo 板倉勝静 · Samurai — Japanese Daimyo (1823–1889)
- Kanō Shōsen'in 狩野雅信 · Painter — Japanese artist (1823-1880)
- Reizei Tamechika 冷泉為恭 · Painter — Japanese painter (1823-1864)
- Utagawa Kunisada II 四代目 歌川豊国 · Painter — Japanese artist (1823-1880)
Reading the year 1823 in Japanese
Japanese sources from this period date events by era name, not by the Western calendar. 1823 corresponds to Bunsei 文政 (year 6 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 1823年 (1823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.