Year in Japan

1900 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 33 of the era)

What happened 出来事

Hasegawa Kaitarō 長谷川海太郎 · Writer — Japanese writer (1900–1935)
Jun Tosaka 戸坂潤 · Philosopher — Japanese philosopher (1900-1945)

Reading the year 1900 in Japanese

Japanese sources from this period date events by era name, not by the Western calendar. 1900 corresponds to Meiji era 明治 (year 33 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 1900年 (1900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.