Year in Japan

1356 in Japanese History

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

Era name: Enbun 延文 (year 1 of the era)

What happened 出来事

Enbun 延文 · Japanese era name — Japanese era from 1356 to 1361
Ōuchi Yoshihiro 大内義弘 · Samurai — daimyo
Nijō Morotsugu 二条師嗣 · Politician — Japanese noble

Reading the year 1356 in Japanese

Japanese sources from this period date events by era name, not by the Western calendar. 1356 corresponds to Enbun 延文 (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 1356年 (1356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.