Year in Japan

1216 in Japanese History

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

Era name: Kempo 建保 (year 4 of the era)

What happened 出来事

Nijō Yoshizane 二条良実 · Samurai — Japanese noble

Reading the year 1216 in Japanese

Japanese sources from this period date events by era name, not by the Western calendar. 1216 corresponds to Kempo 建保 (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 1216年 (1216ねん) in modern Japanese. Browse the full timeline to see where this year sits in the wider arc, or the 13th century for its neighbours.