On this day
January 1 in Japanese History
120 recorded events on this date, across every century.
- 401 Soga no Koma 蘇我高麗 · Politician — Japanese politician
- 506 Soga no Iname 蘇我稲目 · Politician — Japanese statesman (506-570)
- 551 Soga no Umako 蘇我馬子 · Politician — politician (551-626)
- 586 Soga no Emishi 蘇我蝦夷 · Politician — statesman of the Yamato Imperial Court
- 634 En no Gyōja 役小角 · Writer — legendary founder of Shugendō
- 662 Kakinomoto no Hitomaro 柿本人麻呂 · Writer — Japanese poet
- 695 Kibi no Makibi 吉備真備 · Philosopher — Japanese scholar (695-775)
- 698 Abe no Nakamaro 阿倍仲麻呂 · Writer — Japanese writer
- 700 Hieda no Are 稗田阿礼 · Historian — Compliled the Japanese text Kojiki in 712
- 700 Takechi no Kurohito 高市黒人 · Writer — Japanese poet and writer
- 716 Yoshino Province 芳野監 · Province of Japan — province of Japan
- 731 Ōtomo no Otomaro 大伴弟麻呂 · Samurai — Japanese shogun
- 758 Sakanoue no Tamuramaro 坂上田村麻呂 · Samurai — General and shogun
- 793 Ennin 円仁 · Writer — Japanese Buddhist monk (794–864)
- 809 Tomo no Yoshio 伴善男 · Samurai — Japanese samurai
- 825 Ono no Komachi 小野小町 · Writer — Japanese poet
- 850 Ki no Tomonori 紀友則 · Writer — poet
- 866 Ki no Tsurayuki 紀貫之 · Writer — Japanese writer
- 875 Ise 伊勢 · Writer — noblewoman; Japanese poet
- 877 Fujiwara no Kanesuke 藤原兼輔 · Writer — Japanese poet
- 900 Fujiwara no Okikaze 藤原興風 · Writer — Japanese poet
- 908 Kiyohara no Motosuke 清原元輔 · Writer — Japanese writer
- 935 Fujiwara no Michitsuna no Haha 藤原道綱母 · Writer — 10th-century Japanese poet
- 942 Genshin 源信 · Writer — Japanese Buddhist monk
- 949 Uma no Naishi 馬内侍 · Writer — Japanese poet
- 954 Usui Sadamitsu 碓井貞光 · Samurai — Japanese samurai
- 956 Akazome Emon 赤染衛門 · Writer — Japanese poet
- 976 Izumi Shikibu 和泉式部 · Writer — Japanese poet
- 1000 Ukon 右近 · Writer — Japanese poet and writer
- 1011 Jōjin 成尋 · Writer — Japanese monk
- 1032 Abe no Munetō 安倍宗任 · Samurai — samurai
- 1106 Minamoto no Yorimasa 源頼政 · Writer — Japanese court noble, samurai and poet
- 1123 Minamoto no Yoshitomo 源義朝 · Samurai — samurai of the late Heian period; the head of the Minamoto clan
- 1139 Minamoto no Tametomo 源為朝 · Samurai — samurai who fought in the Hōgen Rebellion of 1156
- 1145 Minamoto no Yukiie 源行家 · Samurai — One of the commanders of the Minamoto forces in the Genpei War
- 1150 Kaikei 快慶 · Painter — Japanese artist and painter (1150-1250)
- 1159 Minamoto no Yoshitsune 源義経 · Samurai — samurai of the late Heian and early Kamakura period
- 1162 Fujiwara no Teika 藤原定家 · Writer — poet and court noble (1162–1241)
- 1176 Asahina Yoshihide 朝比奈義秀 · Samurai — Japanese samurai
- 1179 Konoe Iezane 近衛家実 · Samurai — Kugyō, head of the Fujiwara family and Sesshō
- 1183 Hōjō Yasutoki 北条泰時 · Samurai — 3rd Shikken of the Kamakura shogunate
- 1200 Hiki Yoshikazu 比企能員 · Samurai — Japanese warrior-noble of the Kamakura period
- 1227 Mujū 無住 · Writer — Japanese Buddhist monk
- 1254 Fujiwara no Tamekane 京極為兼 · Politician — poet (1254-1332)
- 1277 Akamatsu Norimura 赤松則村 · Samurai — Japanese samurai and clan leader (1277–1350)
- 1283 Yoshida Kenkō 卜部兼好 · Writer — Japanese writer
- 1288 Kaō 可翁 · Painter — painter (1288-1345)
- 1301 Nitta Yoshisada 新田義貞 · Samurai — Japanese samurai lord (1301–1338)
- 1305 Wakiya Yoshisuke 脇屋義助 · Samurai — samurai
- 1306 Ashikaga Tadayoshi 足利直義 · Samurai — Japanese samurai
- 1318 Nitta Yoshiaki 新田義顕 · Samurai — samurai
- 1326 Kusunoki Masatsura 楠木正行 · Samurai — samurai
- 1329 Hosokawa Yoriyuki 細川頼之 · Samurai — Samurai of the Hosokawa clan
- 1331 Nitta Yoshioki 新田義興 · Samurai — Japanese samurai
- 1356 Ōuchi Yoshihiro 大内義弘 · Samurai — daimyo
- 1363 Zeami Motokiyo 世阿弥 · Philosopher — Japanese aesthetician and playwright
- 1378 Ashikaga Mitsukane 足利満兼 · Samurai — 3rd Kamakura Kubō of the Ashikaga shogunate
- 1381 Shōtetsu 正徹 · Writer — Japanese Zen monk and poet
- 1381 Akamatsu Mitsusuke 赤松満祐 · Samurai — samurai
- 1405 Komparu Zenchiku 金春禅竹 · Writer — Japanese writer
- 1406 Shinkei 心敬 · Writer — Japanese poet and writer
- 1414 Tenshō Shūbun 周文 · Painter — Japanese artist (1414-1463)
- 1420 Sesshū Tōyō 雪舟 · Painter — Japanese artist (1420-1506)
- 1421 Sōgi 宗祇 · Writer — Japanese poet (1421–1502)
- 1432 Hōjō Sōun 北条早雲 · Samurai — Japanese daimyo of the early Sengoku period
- 1434 Tosa Mitsunobu 土佐光信 · Painter — Japanese painter (1434–1525)
- 1444 Konoe Masaie 近衛政家 · Politician — kugyō and kampaku (1444-1505)
- 1455 Takanashi Masamori 高梨政盛 · Samurai — samurai of the Sengoku period
- 1465 Yamazaki Sōkan 山崎宗鑑 · Writer — Japanese poet
- 1466 Hosokawa Masamoto 細川政元 · Samurai — daimyo
- 1472 Konoe Hisamichi 近衛尚通 · Politician — kugyō
- 1473 Arakida Moritake 荒木田守武 · Writer — Japanese poet
- 1477 Asakura Norikage 朝倉宗滴 · Samurai — samurai of the Sengoku period. a.k.a. Sōteki
- 1480 Takatsukasa Kanesuke 鷹司兼輔 · Politician — kugyo of the late Muromachi period
- 1480 Suwa Yorimitsu 諏訪頼満 (安芸守) · Samurai — daimyo in the Sengoku period Japan
- 1484 Hosokawa Takakuni 細川高国 · Samurai — military commander under Ashikaga Yoshiharu, the twelfth shogun
- 1487 Hōjō Ujitsuna 北条氏綱 · Samurai — Japanese daimyo of the Sengoku period
- 1489 Usami Sadamitsu 宇佐美定満 · Samurai — Samurai of the Sengoku period
- 1489 Hosokawa Sumimoto 細川澄元 · Samurai — Japanese samurai
- 1489 Tsukahara Bokuden 塚原卜伝 · Samurai — Japanese samurai
- 1489 Nagao Tamekage 長尾為景 · Samurai — Japanese feudal lord
- 1491 Obata Toramori 小畠虎盛 · Samurai — Japanese samurai warrior
- 1492 Mōri Okimoto 毛利興元 · Samurai — Kokujin ryoshu (local samurai lord).
- 1492 Takanashi Sumiyori 高梨澄頼 · Samurai — samurai of the Sengoku period
- 1493 Yamamoto Kansuke 山本勘助 · Samurai — Samurai of the Sengoku period (1501–1561)
- 1493 Matsudaira Shigeyoshi 松平重吉 · Samurai — [松平重吉] samurai from Nomi Matsudaira clan
- 1497 Hara Toratane 原虎胤 · Samurai — Japanese samurai
- 1497 Amago Okihisa 塩冶興久 · Samurai — daimyo
- 1498 Amari Torayasu 甘利虎泰 · Samurai — samurai
- 1504 Sesson Shukei 雪村 · Painter — Japanese artist (1504-1589)
- 1506 Ii Naomori 井伊直盛 · Samurai — samurai
- 1508 Kamiizumi Nobutsuna 上泉信綱 · Samurai — samurai in Japan's Sengoku period
- 1508 Takanashi Masayori 高梨政頼 · Samurai — Retainer beneath the Uesugi clan
- 1511 Suzuki Shigeoki 鈴木重意 · Samurai — Leader of the Saika Ikki
- 1512 Itō Yoshisuke 伊東義祐 · Samurai — Daimyo who was the head of the Ito clan
- 1515 Hōjō Ujiyasu 北条氏康 · Samurai — Japanese daimyo of the Sengoku period
- 1517 Yasuda Nagahide 安田長秀 · Samurai — Sanurai
- 1519 Iwanari Tomomichi 石成友通 · Samurai — samurai
- 1522 Kojima Yataro 小島弥太郎 · Samurai — samurai
- 1523 Mori Yoshinari 森可成 · Samurai — samurai
- 1523 Uesugi Norimasa 上杉憲政 · Samurai — daimyō of feudal Japan
- 1524 Kanamori Nagachika 金森長近 · Samurai — 16th century Japanese Samurai
- 1525 Takeda Nobushige 武田信繁 · Samurai — Japanese samurai
- 1526 Ikoma Chikamasa 生駒親正 · Samurai — Japanese daimyō (1526–1603)
- 1526 Hachisuka Masakatsu 蜂須賀正勝 · Samurai — daimyo
- 1526 Nagao Masakage 長尾政景 · Samurai — samurai
- 1527 Sakuma Nobumori 佐久間信盛 · Samurai — Retainer for the Oda clan
- 1527 Saito Tomonobu 斎藤朝信 · Samurai — samurai
- 1528 Murai Sadakatsu 村井貞勝 · Samurai — samurai
- 1528 Maeno Nagayasu 前野長康 · Samurai — samurai
- 1529 Matsura Takanobu 松浦隆信 · Samurai — daimyo of the Sengoku period. a.k.a. Dōka
- 1531 Hara Masatane 原昌胤 · Samurai — Japanese samurai
- 1532 Ōuchi Yoshinaga 大内義長 · Samurai — Japanese samurai
- 1533 Kaihō Yūshō 海北友松 · Painter — Japanese painter (1533-1615)
- 1534 Suzuki Magoichi 鈴木孫一 · Samurai — Japanese samurai
- 1534 Hachiya Yoritaka 蜂屋頼隆 · Samurai — Samurai who served the Oda clan
- 1534 Oda Ujiharu 小田氏治 · Samurai — Japanese warlord
- 1534 Gamō Katahide 蒲生賢秀 · Samurai — daimyo
- 1536 Asakura Kagetake 朝倉景健 · Samurai — samurai of the Sengoku period
- 1538 Ashikaga Yoshihide 足利義栄 · Samurai — 14th shogun of the Ashikaga shogunate