Year in Japan
1847 in Japanese History
11 recorded entries for this year. It falls in the Edo period (江戸時代, 1603 – 1868).
Era name: Kōka 弘化 (year 3 of the era)
What happened 出来事
- Ōtsuki Fumihiko 大槻文彦 · Historian — Japanese linguist and lexicographer (1847–1928)
- Miura Gorō 三浦梧楼 · Politician — Japanese politician (1847–1926)
- Beppu Shinsuke 別府晋介 · Samurai — samurai (1847–1877)
- Mori Arinori 森有礼 · Politician — Japanese diplomat and political reformer (1847-1889)
- Nakae Chōmin 中江兆民 · Philosopher — Japanese politician
- Kobayashi Kiyochika 小林清親 · Painter — Japanese artist (1847-1915)
- Matsudaira Sadaaki 松平定敬 · Musician — [松平定敬] daimyo of the late of Edo period; lord of Kuwana
- Ōe Taku 大江卓 · Politician — Japanese politician
- Noguchi Shōhin 野口小蘋 · Painter — Japanese painter (1847-1917)
- Torii Tadafumi 鳥居忠文 · Politician — Samurai and daimyo of the Mibu Domain in Shimotsuke Province.
- Heinai Orita 折田平内 · Politician — politician
Reading the year 1847 in Japanese
Japanese sources from this period date events by era name, not by the Western calendar. 1847 corresponds to Kōka 弘化 (year 3 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 1847年 (1847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.