Year in Japan

1280 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 3 of the era)

What happened 出来事

Tsunomure Castle 角牟礼城 · Castle — castle ruins in Kusu, Japan

Reading the year 1280 in Japanese

Japanese sources from this period date events by era name, not by the Western calendar. 1280 corresponds to Kōan 弘安 (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 1280年 (1280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.