Wikipedia:WikiProject Japan/Year references

This page gives handy tables to show conversions from Japanese era years to Western (Gregorian) years.

Meiji period

The Meiji period is a Japanese era which extended from September 8, 1868 through July 30, 1912. For the first five years (marked with an * asterisk in the first table below), the Gregorian years do not exactly equal the Japanese era years. This is because the Gregorian calendar was not adopted in Japan until Meiji 6. See the sub-section, below, for more details.

Meiji	1st*	2nd*	3rd*	4th*	5th*	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	13th	14th	15th
Gregorian	1868	1869	1870	1871	1872	1873	1874	1875	1876	1877	1878	1879	1880	1881	1882
Meiji	16th	17th	18th	19th	20th	21st	22nd	23rd	24th	25th	26th	27th	28th	29th	30th
Gregorian	1883	1884	1885	1886	1887	1888	1889	1890	1891	1892	1893	1894	1895	1896	1897
Meiji	31st	32nd	33rd	34th	35th	36th	37th	38th	39th	40th	41st	42nd	43rd	44th	45th
Gregorian	1898	1899	1900	1901	1902	1903	1904	1905	1906	1907	1908	1909	1910	1911	1912

Gregorian calendar comparison chart (first five years of Meiji)

An * asterisk indicates a short month. The Gregorian entries indicate the day when that lunar month began. Intercalary months have "Int." in front of them.

Meiji 1 months	1st*	2nd	3rd	4th*	Int. 4th*	5th	6th*	7th*	8th	9th*	10th	11th	12th*
Gregorian	1/25/1868	2/23	3/24	4/23	5/22	6/20	7/20	8/18	9/16	10/16	11/14	12/14	1/13/1869
Meiji 2 months	1st	2nd	3rd	4th*	5th*	6th	7th*	8th*	9th	10th*	11th	12th
Gregorian	2/11/1869	3/13	4/12	5/12	6/10	7/9	8/8	9/6	10/5	11/4	12/3	1/2/1870
Meiji 3 months	1st*	2nd	3rd	4th*	5th	6th*	7th	8th*	9th	10th*	Int. 10th*	11th	12th*
Gregorian	2/1/1870	3/2	4/1	5/1	5/30	6/29	7/28	8/27	9/25	10/25	11/23	12/22	1/21/1871
Meiji 4 months	1st	2nd	3rd*	4th	5th	6th*	7th	8th*	9th	10th*	11th*	12th
Gregorian	2/19/1871	3/21	4/20	5/19	6/18	7/18	8/16	9/15	10/14	11/13	12/12	1/10/1872
Meiji 5 months	1st*	2nd	3rd*	4th	5th	6th*	7th	8th	9th*	10th	11th*	12th
Gregorian	2/9/1872	3/9	4/8	5/7	6/6	7/6	8/4	9/3	10/3	11/1	12/1	12/30

Taishō period

The Taishō period is a period in the history of Japan dating from July 30, 1912, to December 25, 1926.

Taishō	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	13th	14th	15th
Gregorian	1912	1913	1914	1915	1916	1917	1918	1919	1920	1921	1922	1923	1924	1925	1926

Shōwa period

The Shōwa period is the period of Japanese history corresponding to the reign of the Shōwa Emperor, Hirohito, from December 25, 1926, through January 7, 1989.

Shōwa	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	13th	14th	15th	16th
Gregorian	1926	1927	1928	1929	1930	1931	1932	1933	1934	1935	1936	1937	1938	1939	1940	1941
Shōwa	17th	18th	19th	20th	21st	22nd	23rd	24th	25th	26th	27th	28th	29th	30th	31st	32nd
Gregorian	1942	1943	1944	1945	1946	1947	1948	1949	1950	1951	1952	1953	1954	1955	1956	1957
Shōwa	33rd	34th	35th	36th	37th	38th	39th	40th	41st	42nd	43rd	44th	45th	46th	47th	48th
Gregorian	1958	1959	1960	1961	1962	1963	1964	1965	1966	1967	1968	1969	1970	1971	1972	1973
Shōwa	49th	50th	51st	52nd	53rd	54th	55th	56th	57th	58th	59th	60th	61st	62nd	63rd	64th
Gregorian	1974	1975	1976	1977	1978	1979	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989

Heisei period

The Heisei period is the current period of Japanese history, starting on January 8, 1989. Years according to the Gregorian Calendar.

1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	13th	14th
1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002
15th	16th	17th	18th	19th	20th	21st	22nd	23rd	24th	25th	26th	27th	28th
2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016
29th	30th	31st
2017	2018	2019