Year in Japan
1180 in Japanese History
5 recorded entries for this year. It falls in the Heian period (平安時代, 794 – 1185).
Era name: Jishō 治承 (year 4 of the era)
What happened 出来事
- Jun 20 Battle of Uji 以仁王の挙兵 · Battle — 1180 opening battle of the Genpei War
- Sep 14 Battle of Ishibashiyama 石橋山の戦い · Battle — 1180 battle of the Genpei War
- Nov 9 Battle of Fujigawa 富士川の戦い · Battle — battle in 1180 in Japan
- Go-Toba 後鳥羽天皇 · Writer — Emperor of Japan
- Shimazu Tadahisa 島津忠久 · Samurai — Founder of the Shimazu samurai clan
Reading the year 1180 in Japanese
Japanese sources from this period date events by era name, not by the Western calendar. 1180 corresponds to Jishō 治承 (year 4 of the era). Years are written with 年 (ねん, nen) — so 1600 appears as 慶長5年, "the fifth year of Keichō".
The year itself is read 1180年 (1180ねん) in modern Japanese. Browse the full timeline to see where this year sits in the wider arc, or the 12th century for its neighbours.