Year in Japan

1904 in Japanese History

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

Era name: Meiji era 明治 (year 37 of the era)

What happened 出来事

Nittai-ji Temple 覚王山日泰寺 · Buddhist temple — building in Chikusa-ku, Aichi Prefecture, Japan

Reading the year 1904 in Japanese

Japanese sources from this period date events by era name, not by the Western calendar. 1904 corresponds to Meiji era 明治 (year 37 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 1904年 (1904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.