Year in Japan

1378 in Japanese History

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

Era name: Eiwa 永和 (year 4 of the era)

What happened 出来事

Ashikaga Mitsukane 足利満兼 · Samurai — 3rd Kamakura Kubō of the Ashikaga shogunate

Reading the year 1378 in Japanese

Japanese sources from this period date events by era name, not by the Western calendar. 1378 corresponds to Eiwa 永和 (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 1378年 (1378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.