Year in Japan

1221 in Japanese History

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

Era name: Jōkyū 承久 (year 3 of the era)

What happened 出来事

Daihōon-ji Temple 大報恩寺 · Buddhist temple — Buddhist temple of the Shingon-shū Chisan-ha sect dedicated to Shakyamuni Tathāgata in Kamigyō-ku, J

Reading the year 1221 in Japanese

Japanese sources from this period date events by era name, not by the Western calendar. 1221 corresponds to Jōkyū 承久 (year 3 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 1221年 (1221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.