Year in Japan

1362 in Japanese History

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

Era name: Jōji 貞治 (year 1 of the era)

What happened 出来事

Jōji 貞治 · Japanese era name — Japanese era from September 1362 to February 1368
Hōon-ji Temple 報恩寺 · Buddhist temple — Sōtō Zen Buddhist temple located in Morioka, Iwate prefecture, Japan

Reading the year 1362 in Japanese

Japanese sources from this period date events by era name, not by the Western calendar. 1362 corresponds to Jōji 貞治 (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 1362年 (1362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.