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

Meiji period

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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)

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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

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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

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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

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

Heisei 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