Year in Japan

1244 in Japanese History

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

Era name: Kangen 寛元 (year 2 of the era)

What happened 出来事

Eihei-ji Temple 永平寺 · Buddhist temple — Buddhist temple in Fukui Prefecture, Japan

Reading the year 1244 in Japanese

Japanese sources from this period date events by era name, not by the Western calendar. 1244 corresponds to Kangen 寛元 (year 2 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 1244年 (1244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.