Events in the year 1837 in Japan.
Incumbents Monarch: Ninkō
Events July – Morrison incident: A US ship is fired on by cannon when entering Tokyo Bay while attempting to repatriate castaway Japanese citizens. Tenpō famine which began in 1833 comes to an end.
Births 28 October – Tokugawa Yoshinobu, 15th and last Tokugawa shogunate (d. 1913)
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