Year in Japan

1337 in Japanese History

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

Era name: Engen 延元 (year 2 of the era)

What happened 出来事

Apr 7 Siege of Kanegasaki 金ヶ崎の戦い · Siege — 1337 siege

Reading the year 1337 in Japanese

Japanese sources from this period date events by era name, not by the Western calendar. 1337 corresponds to Engen 延元 (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 1337年 (1337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.