Year in Japan
1877 in Japanese History
7 recorded entries for this year. It falls in the Meiji period (明治時代, 1868 – 1912).
Era name: Meiji era 明治 (year 10 of the era)
What happened 出来事
- Sep 24 Battle of Shiroyama 城山の戦い · Battle — 1877 last stand of the Samurai
- Ohara Koson 小原古邨 · Painter — Japanese painter and printmaker (1877-1945)
- Tsuneo Matsudaira 松平恒雄 · Politician — Japanese politician (1877–1949)
- Toshio Shimada 島田俊雄 · Politician — Japanese politician (1877–1947)
- Harukazu Nagaoka 長岡春一 · Writer — Japanese diplomat and judge (1877–1949)
- Hirafuku Hyakusui 平福百穂 · Painter — painter (1877-1933)
- Seihaku Irako 伊良子清白 · Writer — Japanese physician and poet (1877–1946)
Reading the year 1877 in Japanese
Japanese sources from this period date events by era name, not by the Western calendar. 1877 corresponds to Meiji era 明治 (year 10 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 1877年 (1877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.