Year in Japan
1903 in Japanese History
5 recorded entries for this year. It falls in the Meiji period (明治時代, 1868 – 1912).
Era name: Meiji era 明治 (year 36 of the era)
What happened 出来事
- Misuzu Kaneko 金子みすゞ · Writer — Japanese poet
- Fumiko Kaneko 金子文子 · Politician — Japanese activist (1903-1926)
- Tokihiko Okada 岡田時彦 · Actor — Japanese actor (1903-1934)
- Kōtarō Migishi 三岸好太郎 · Painter — Japanese painter (1903-1934)
- Shimaki Kensaku 島木健作 · Writer — Japanese writer (1903–1945)
Reading the year 1903 in Japanese
Japanese sources from this period date events by era name, not by the Western calendar. 1903 corresponds to Meiji era 明治 (year 36 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 1903年 (1903ねん) in modern Japanese. Browse the full timeline to see where this year sits in the wider arc, or the 20th century for its neighbours.