Year in Japan

1296 in Japanese History

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

Era name: Einin 永仁 (year 4 of the era)

What happened 出来事

Sasaki Takauji 佐々木道誉 · Samurai — samurai of the Nanbokucho period

Reading the year 1296 in Japanese

Japanese sources from this period date events by era name, not by the Western calendar. 1296 corresponds to Einin 永仁 (year 4 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 1296年 (1296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.