Year in Japan
1843 in Japanese History
12 recorded entries for this year. It falls in the Edo period (江戸時代, 1603 – 1868).
Era name: Tenpō 天保 (year 13 of the era)
What happened 出来事
- Saigō Tsugumichi 西郷従道 · Politician — Japanese politician and admiral (1843-1902)
- Inoue Kowashi 井上毅 · Politician — Japanese noble (1844–1895)
- Inoue Masaru 井上勝 · Politician — Japanese politician (1843-1910)
- Utsumi Tadakatsu 内海忠勝 · Politician — Japanese politician (1843-1905)
- Kobayashi Eitaku 小林永濯 · Painter — Japanese painter (1843–1890)
- Arichi Shinanojo 有地品之允 · Politician — Japanese admiral (1843-1919)
- Shigeyoshi Matsuo 松尾臣善 · Politician — Japanese politician (1843–1916)
- Shinagawa Yajirō 品川弥二郎 · Politician — Japanese politician (1843-1900)
- Tsuboi Kōzō 坪井航三 · Samurai — Japanese admiral (1843–1898)
- Kanō Tomonobu 狩野友信 · Painter — Japanese painter (1843-1912)
- Nishimura Sutezō 西村捨三 · Politician — Japanese businessman and politician
- Numa Morikazu 沼間守一 · Politician — Japanese journalist and politician (1843–1890)
Reading the year 1843 in Japanese
Japanese sources from this period date events by era name, not by the Western calendar. 1843 corresponds to Tenpō 天保 (year 13 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 1843年 (1843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.