Year in Japan

1893 in Japanese History

2 recorded entries for this year. It falls in the Meiji period (明治時代, 1868 – 1912).

Era name: Meiji era 明治 (year 26 of the era)

What happened 出来事

Senkichi Awaya 粟屋仙吉 · Politician — Japanese judoka (1893–1945)
Koizumi Kishio 小泉癸巳男 · Painter — Japanese printmaker (1893-1945)

Reading the year 1893 in Japanese

Japanese sources from this period date events by era name, not by the Western calendar. 1893 corresponds to Meiji era 明治 (year 26 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 1893年 (1893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.