Year in Japan
1845 in Japanese History
9 recorded entries for this year. It falls in the Edo period (江戸時代, 1603 – 1868).
Era name: Kōka 弘化 (year 1 of the era)
What happened 出来事
- Kōka 弘化 · Japanese era name — Japanese era from January 1845 to March 1848
- Tanaka Fujimaro 田中不二麿 · Politician — Japanese politician (1845-1909)
- Yamamoto Tatewaki 山本義路 · Samurai — samurai (1845–1868)
- Yamakawa Hiroshi 山川浩 · Military officer — Japanese army officer (1845–1898)
- Hōjō Ujiyuki 北条氏恭 · Samurai — Japanese daimyo of the late Edo period; 12th (the last) lord of Sayama
- Iwamura Takatoshi 岩村高俊 · Politician — Japanese politician (1845-1906)
- Samejima Kazunori 鮫島員規 · Samurai — Japanese admiral
- Imao Keinen 今尾景年 · Painter — Japanese painter and print designer (1845-1924)
- Senge Takatomi 千家尊福 · Politician — Japanese politician (1845-1918)
Reading the year 1845 in Japanese
Japanese sources from this period date events by era name, not by the Western calendar. 1845 corresponds to Kōka 弘化 (year 1 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 1845年 (1845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.