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1913 in the Japanese calendar: Taishō 2

1913 in the Japanese calendar: Taishō 2

大正2年

Taishō 2 · written T2 on forms

Taishōera2year of the era

How to read it

1913 minus 1912, the year Taishō began, plus one, gives 2: 大正2年. The shortcut Japanese people use: add 11 to a Taishō year and you have the last two digits of the Western year — 2 + 11 = 13. On paper it is T2: forms print the era options — 明・大・昭・平・令, or the letters M T S H R — beside the date box, and you circle one and write the number.

Other years

Every year of the Taishō era → · How the Japanese calendar works, and every year 1868–2050