1401 – 1500
The 15th Century in Japan
107 recorded entries between 1401 and 1500.
1400s 4
- 1402 Ichijō Kaneyoshi 一条兼良 · Politician
- 1404 Yamana Sōzen 山名宗全 · Samurai
- 1406 Shinkei 心敬 · Writer
- 1407 Ashikaga Yoshikazu 足利義量 · Samurai
1410s 3
- 1414 Tenshō Shūbun 周文 · Painter
- 1415 Honnō-ji Temple 本能寺 · Buddhist temple
- 1418 Odawara Castle 小田原城 · Castle
1420s 6
- 1420 Sesshū Tōyō 雪舟 · Painter
- 1421 Sōgi 宗祇 · Writer
- 1423 Ichijō Norifusa 一条教房 · Politician
- 1428 Shōchō 正長 · Japanese era name
- 1428 Asakura Takakage 朝倉孝景 · Samurai
- 1429 Eikyō 永享 · Japanese era name
1430s 13
- 1430 Hosokawa Katsumoto 細川勝元 · Samurai
- 1431 Geiami 芸阿弥 · Painter
- 1432 Hōjō Sōun 北条早雲 · Samurai
- 1434 Ashikaga Yoshikatsu 足利義勝 · Samurai
- 1434 Tosa Mitsunobu 土佐光信 · Painter
- 1434 Ashikaga Shigeuji 足利成氏 · Samurai
- 1434 Kanō Masanobu 狩野正信 · Painter
- 1435 Ashikaga Yoshimasa 足利義政 · Samurai
- 1436 Imagawa Yoshitada 今川義忠 · Samurai
- 1437 Hatakeyama Yoshinari 畠山義就 · Samurai
- 1438 Jōgan-ji Temple 成願寺 · Buddhist temple
- 1439 Ashikaga Yoshimi 足利義視 · Samurai
- 1439 Kujō Masatada 九条政忠 · Politician
1440s 12
- 1441 Kakitsu 嘉吉 · Japanese era name
- 1441 Tsuyama Castle 津山城 · Castle
- 1442 Toyokawa Inari 豊川稲荷 · Buddhist temple
- 1442 Toki Shigeyori 土岐成頼 · Samurai
- 1442 Hatakeyama Masanaga 畠山政長 · Samurai
- 1444 Bun'an 文安 · Japanese era name
- 1444 Konoe Masaie 近衛政家 · Politician
- 1445 Tokudaiji Saneatsu 徳大寺実淳 · Politician
- 1445 Takatsukasa Masahira 鷹司政平 · Politician
- 1446 Ōuchi Masahiro 大内政弘 · Samurai
- 1449 Hōtoku 宝徳 · Japanese era name
- 1449 Asakura Ujikage 朝倉氏景 (8代) · Samurai
1450s 9
- 1450 Ryōan-ji Temple 龍安寺 · Buddhist temple
- 1452 Kyōtoku 享徳 · Japanese era name
- 1454 Uesugi Akisada 上杉顕定 · Samurai
- 1455 Kōshō 康正 · Japanese era name
- 1455 Sōami 相阿弥 · Writer
- 1457 Chōroku 長禄 · Japanese era name
- 1457 Kawagoe Castle 川越城 · Castle
- 1458 Amago Tsunehisa 尼子経久 · Samurai
- 1458 Kisshō-ji Temple 吉祥寺 · Buddhist temple
1460s 15
- 1460 Kanshō 寛正 · Japanese era name
- 1460 Kaerikumo Castle 帰雲城 · Castle
- 1465 Ashikaga Yoshihisa 足利義尚 · Samurai
- 1465 Ichijō Fuyuyoshi 一条冬良 · Samurai
- 1465 Yamazaki Sōkan 山崎宗鑑 · Writer
- 1465 Ginkaku-ji Temple 慈照寺 · Buddhist temple
- 1466 Bunshō 文正 · Japanese era name
- 1466 Ashikaga Yoshitane 足利義稙 · Samurai
- 1466 Hosokawa Masamoto 細川政元 · Samurai
- 1467 Ōnin 応仁 · Japanese era name
- 1467 Ōnin War 応仁の乱 · War
- 1468 Kannonji Castle 観音寺城 · Castle
- 1469 Bunmei 文明 · Japanese era name
- 1469 Kanayama Castle 新田金山城 · Castle
- 1469 Inuyama Castle 犬山城 · Castle
1470s 11
- 1472 Konoe Hisamichi 近衛尚通 · Politician
- 1473 Asakura Sadakage 朝倉貞景 (9代) · Samurai
- 1473 Arakida Moritake 荒木田守武 · Writer
- 1473 Imagawa Ujichika 今川氏親 · Samurai
- 1475 Daiju-ji Temple 大樹寺 · Buddhist temple
- 1476 Kanō Motonobu 狩野元信 · Painter
- 1476 Hachigata Castle 鉢形城 · Castle
- 1477 Ōuchi Yoshioki 大内義興 · Samurai
- 1477 Asakura Norikage 朝倉宗滴 · Samurai
- 1479 Oshi Castle 忍城 · Castle
- 1479 Battle of Sakainehara 境根原合戦 · Battle
1480s 15
- 1480 Gokoku-ji Temple 護国寺 · Buddhist temple
- 1480 Takatsukasa Kanesuke 鷹司兼輔 · Politician
- 1480 Suwa Yorimitsu 諏訪頼満 (安芸守) · Samurai
- 1481 Ashikaga Yoshizumi 足利義澄 · Samurai
- 1484 Hosokawa Takakuni 細川高国 · Samurai
- 1487 Chōkyō 長享 · Japanese era name
- 1487 Hōjō Ujitsuna 北条氏綱 · Samurai
- 1487 Komoro Castle 小諸城 · Castle
- 1488 Date Tanemune 伊達稙宗 · Samurai
- 1489 Entoku 延徳 · Japanese era name
- 1489 Hosokawa Sumimoto 細川澄元 · Samurai
- 1489 Usami Sadamitsu 宇佐美定満 · Samurai
- 1489 Nagao Tamekage 長尾為景 · Samurai
- 1489 Tsukahara Bokuden 塚原卜伝 · Samurai
- 1489 Itagaki Nobukata 板垣信方 · Samurai
1490s 18
- 1491 Obata Toramori 小畠虎盛 · Samurai
- 1492 Meiō 明応 · Japanese era name
- 1492 Mōri Okimoto 毛利興元 · Samurai
- 1492 Hirate Masahide 平手政秀 · Samurai
- 1492 Takanashi Sumiyori 高梨澄頼 · Samurai
- 1492 Amago Kunihisa 尼子国久 · Samurai
- 1493 Yamamoto Kansuke 山本勘助 · Samurai
- 1493 Shimazu Tadayoshi 島津忠良 · Samurai
- 1493 Mizuno Tadamasa 水野忠政 · Samurai
- 1493 Kizawa Nagamasa 木沢長政 · Samurai
- 1494 Takeda Nobutora 武田信虎 · Samurai
- 1494 Saitō Dōsan 斎藤道三 · Samurai
- 1496 Hara Castle 原城 · Castle
- 1497 Akechi Mitsutsuna 明智光綱 · Samurai
- 1497 Amago Okihisa 塩冶興久 · Samurai
- 1497 Hara Toratane 原虎胤 · Samurai
- 1498 Amari Torayasu 甘利虎泰 · Samurai
- 1498 Sagara Taketō 相良武任 · Samurai
1500s 1
- 1500 Hongan-ji Nagoya Betsu-in Temple 本願寺名古屋別院 · Buddhist temple