Year in Japan

1188 in Japanese History

1 recorded entry for this year. It falls in the Kamakura period (鎌倉時代, 1185 – 1333).

Era name: Bunji 文治 (year 4 of the era)

What happened 出来事

Jōmyō-ji Temple 浄妙寺 · Buddhist temple — Buddhist temple

Reading the year 1188 in Japanese

Japanese sources from this period date events by era name, not by the Western calendar. 1188 corresponds to Bunji 文治 (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 1188年 (1188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.