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1924 in the Japanese calendar: Taishō 13

1924 in the Japanese calendar: Taishō 13

大正13年

Taishō 13 · written T13 on forms

Taishōera13year of the era102age in 2026 (before birthday: 101)103kazoedoshi

How to read it

1924 minus 1912, the year Taishō began, plus one, gives 13: 大正13年. The shortcut Japanese people use: add 11 to a Taishō year and you have the last two digits of the Western year — 13 + 11 = 24. On paper it is T13: 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 1924 turns 102 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 103.

Other years

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