Year in Japan
1832 in Japanese History
8 recorded entries for this year. It falls in the Edo period (江戸時代, 1603 – 1868).
Era name: Tenpō 天保 (year 2 of the era)
What happened 出来事
- Terashima Munenori 寺島宗則 · Politician — Japanese politician and diplomat (1832-1893)
- Nakamura Masanao 中村正直 · Philosopher — Japanese educator (1832-1891)
- Ōki Takatō 大木喬任 · Politician — Japanese noble (1832–1899)
- Matsumoto Jun 松本良順 · Politician — Japanese army physician (1832–1907)
- Furukawa Ichibei 古河市兵衛 · Monk — Founder of the Furukawa Group (1832-1903)
- Itō Sukemaro 伊東祐麿 · Politician — Japanese military officer
- Yanagi Narayoshi 柳楢悦 · Military officer — Japanese officer and politician
- Matsudaira Teru 松平照 · Writer — Japanese noblewoman; adoptive sister of Matsudaira Katamori
Reading the year 1832 in Japanese
Japanese sources from this period date events by era name, not by the Western calendar. 1832 corresponds to Tenpō 天保 (year 2 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 1832年 (1832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.