Year in Japan
1864 in Japanese History
13 recorded entries for this year. It falls in the Edo period (江戸時代, 1603 – 1868).
Era name: Genji 元治 (year 1 of the era)
What happened 出来事
- Genji 元治 · Japanese era name — Japanese era from March 1864 to April 1865
- Futabatei Shimei 二葉亭四迷 · Journalist — Japanese author, translator and literary critic (1864–1909)
- Tanaka Giichi 田中義一 · Politician — Japanese general (1864-1929)
- Wakamatsu Shizuko 若松賤子 · Writer — Japanese writer and translator (1864-1896)
- Adachi Kenzō 安達謙蔵 · Politician — Japanese politician
- George Shima 牛島謹爾 · Monk — Japanese American businessman
- Takeuchi Seihō 竹内栖鳳 · Painter — Japanese painter (1864-1942)
- Juichi Soyeda 添田壽一 · Politician — Japanese banker (1864–1929)
- Jiro Okabe 岡部次郎 · Politician — Member of the Japanese House of Representatives
- Itō Sachio 伊藤左千夫 · Writer — Japanese writer
- Sakizō Yai 屋井先蔵 · Monk — Japanese businessman and inventor
- Shin'ichi Kasai 笠井信一 · Politician — Japanese politician (1864-1929)
- Asano Nagayuki 浅野長之 · Politician — family head of the Asano clan
Reading the year 1864 in Japanese
Japanese sources from this period date events by era name, not by the Western calendar. 1864 corresponds to Genji 元治 (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 1864年 (1864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.