Year in Japan

1196 in Japanese History

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

Era name: Kenkyū 建久 (year 7 of the era)

What happened 出来事

Banna-ji Temple 鑁阿寺 · Buddhist temple — Buddhist temple in Ashikaga, Tochigi prefecture, Japan

Reading the year 1196 in Japanese

Japanese sources from this period date events by era name, not by the Western calendar. 1196 corresponds to Kenkyū 建久 (year 7 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 1196年 (1196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.