1923 in the Japanese calendar: Taishō 12
大正12年
Taishō 12 · written T12 on forms
Taishōera12year of the era103age in 2026 (before birthday: 102)104kazoedoshi
How to read it
1923 minus 1912, the year Taishō began, plus one, gives 12: 大正12年. The shortcut Japanese people use: add 11 to a Taishō year and you have the last two digits of the Western year — 12 + 11 = 23. On paper it is T12: 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. Someone born in 1923 turns 103 in 2026. In kazoedoshi 数え年 — the traditional count that starts at one at birth and adds a year every New Year — they are 104.
Other years
Every year of the Taishō era → · How the Japanese calendar works, and every year 1868–2050
