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1925 in the Japanese calendar: Taishō 14

1925 in the Japanese calendar: Taishō 14

大正14年

Taishō 14 · written T14 on forms

Taishōera14year of the era101age in 2026 (before birthday: 100)102kazoedoshi

How to read it

1925 minus 1912, the year Taishō began, plus one, gives 14: 大正14年. The shortcut Japanese people use: add 11 to a Taishō year and you have the last two digits of the Western year — 14 + 11 = 25. On paper it is T14: 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 1925 turns 101 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 102.

Other years

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