Year in Japan
1870 in Japanese History
16 recorded entries for this year. It falls in the Meiji period (明治時代, 1868 – 1912).
Era name: Meiji era 明治 (year 3 of the era)
What happened 出来事
- Kitarō Nishida 西田幾多郎 · Philosopher — Japanese philosopher (1870–1945)
- Hamaguchi Osachi 濱口雄幸 · Politician — Japanese politician (1870-1931)
- Saitō Takao 斎藤隆夫 · Politician — Longtime member of the Diet of Japan who opposed war in China. (1870-1949)
- Tsuchiya Kōitsu 土屋光逸 · Painter — Japanese artist (1870-1949)
- Hisaakira Hijikata 土方久徴 · Politician — Japanese banker (1870-1942)
- Juji Nakada 中田重治 · Journalist — Japanese evangelist
- Kiyokazu Abo 安保清種 · Politician — Imperial Japanese Navy admiral
- Chūji Shimooka 下岡忠治 · Politician — Japanese politician (1870-1925)
- Motojirō Ozaki 尾崎元次郎 · Politician — Japanese politician
- Sazanami Iwaya 巖谷小波 · Writer — Japanese novelist, poet and folklorist
- Inoue Kenkabō 井上剣花坊 · Journalist — Japanese writer (1870–1934)
- Tetsu Yasui 安井てつ · Writer — Japanese educator and writer
- Tsuji Kakō 都路華香 · Painter — Japanese artist (1870-1931)
- Kajita Hanko 梶田半古 · Painter — Japanese painter (1870-1917)
- Tsunenosuke Hamada 浜田恒之助 · Politician — Japanese politician (1870-1945)
- Akira Sakaya 昌谷彰 · Politician — politician (1870-1946)
Reading the year 1870 in Japanese
Japanese sources from this period date events by era name, not by the Western calendar. 1870 corresponds to Meiji era 明治 (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 1870年 (1870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.