Year in Japan

1342 in Japanese History

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

Era name: Kōei 康永 (year 1 of the era)

What happened 出来事

Kōei 康永 · Japanese era name — Japanese era from 1342 to 1345
Myōshin-ji Temple 妙心寺 · Buddhist temple — Zen Buddhist temple in Kyoto, Japan

Reading the year 1342 in Japanese

Japanese sources from this period date events by era name, not by the Western calendar. 1342 corresponds to Kōei 康永 (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 1342年 (1342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.