Year in Japan
1333 in Japanese History
6 recorded entries for this year. It falls in the Kenmu Restoration period (建武の新政, 1333 – 1336).
Era name: Shōkyō 正慶 (year 2 of the era)
What happened 出来事
- Jun 23 Battle of Kotesashi 小手指原の戦い · Battle — 1333 battle
- Jun 24 Battle of Kumegawa 久米川の戦い · Battle — 1333 battle
- Jul 5 Siege of Kamakura 鎌倉の戦い · Siege — 1333 siege
- Battle of Bubaigawara 分倍河原の戦い · Battle — 1333 battle in Japan
- Siege of Chihaya 千早城の戦い · Siege — 1333 siege that took place during the Kamakura period of Japan
- Ōsu Kannon Temple 大須観音 · Buddhist temple — building in Naka-ku, Aichi Prefecture, Japan
Reading the year 1333 in Japanese
Japanese sources from this period date events by era name, not by the Western calendar. 1333 corresponds to Shōkyō 正慶 (year 2 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 1333年 (1333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.