Year in Japan

1336 in Japanese History

4 recorded entries for this year. It falls in the Muromachi period (室町時代, 1336 – 1573).

Era name: Engen 延元 (year 1 of the era)

What happened 出来事

Apr 13 Battle of Tatarahama 多々良浜の戦い · Battle — 1336 one of many battles part of the Nanboku-chō Wars
Jul 4 Battle of Minatogawa 湊川の戦い · Battle — battle in Japan on July 4, 1336
Engen 延元 · Japanese era name — Japanese era from February 1336 to April 1340
Jōkō-ji Temple 定光寺 · Buddhist temple — temple in Seto, Aichi

Reading the year 1336 in Japanese

Japanese sources from this period date events by era name, not by the Western calendar. 1336 corresponds to Engen 延元 (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 1336年 (1336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.