Year in Japan

1242 in Japanese History

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

Era name: Ninji 仁治 (year 3 of the era)

What happened 出来事

Jōten-ji Temple 承天寺 · Buddhist temple — Buddhist temple in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan

Reading the year 1242 in Japanese

Japanese sources from this period date events by era name, not by the Western calendar. 1242 corresponds to Ninji 仁治 (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 1242年 (1242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.