Year in Japan

1359 in Japanese History

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

Era name: Enbun 延文 (year 4 of the era)

What happened 出来事

Ashikaga Ujimitsu 足利氏満 · Samurai — 2nd Kamakura Kubō of the Ashikaga shogunate

Reading the year 1359 in Japanese

Japanese sources from this period date events by era name, not by the Western calendar. 1359 corresponds to Enbun 延文 (year 4 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 1359年 (1359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.