Year in Japan

1282 in Japanese History

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

Era name: Kōan 弘安 (year 5 of the era)

What happened 出来事

Engaku-ji Temple 円覚寺 · Buddhist temple — Zen Buddhist temple in Kamakura, Kanagawa prefecture, Japan
Ikegami Honmon-ji Temple 池上本門寺 · Buddhist temple — Buddhist temple in Tokyo, Japan

Reading the year 1282 in Japanese

Japanese sources from this period date events by era name, not by the Western calendar. 1282 corresponds to Kōan 弘安 (year 5 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 1282年 (1282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.