Year in Japan

1278 in Japanese History

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

Era name: Kōan 弘安 (year 1 of the era)

What happened 出来事

Kōan 弘安 · Japanese era name — period of Japanese history (1278–1288 CE)

Reading the year 1278 in Japanese

Japanese sources from this period date events by era name, not by the Western calendar. 1278 corresponds to Kōan 弘安 (year 1 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 1278年 (1278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.