Year in Japan

1317 in Japanese History

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

Era name: Bunpō 文保 (year 1 of the era)

What happened 出来事

Bunpō 文保 · Japanese era name — Japanese era within the Kumakura period

Reading the year 1317 in Japanese

Japanese sources from this period date events by era name, not by the Western calendar. 1317 corresponds to Bunpō 文保 (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 1317年 (1317ねん) in modern Japanese. Browse the full timeline to see where this year sits in the wider arc, or the 14th century for its neighbours.