Year in Japan

1372 in Japanese History

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

Era name: Bunchū 文中 (year 1 of the era)

What happened 出来事

Bunchū 文中 · Japanese era name — Japanese era from October 1372 to May 1375
Unryū-in Temple 雲龍院 · Buddhist temple — Buddhist temple of the Shingon-shū Sennyūji-ha sect dedicated to Bhaiṣajyaguru Buddha in Higashiyama

Reading the year 1372 in Japanese

Japanese sources from this period date events by era name, not by the Western calendar. 1372 corresponds to Bunchū 文中 (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 1372年 (1372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.