Year in Japan

1387 in Japanese History

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

Era name: Kakei 嘉慶 (year 1 of the era)

What happened 出来事

Kakei 嘉慶 · Japanese era name — Japanese era from August 1387 to February 1389

Reading the year 1387 in Japanese

Japanese sources from this period date events by era name, not by the Western calendar. 1387 corresponds to Kakei 嘉慶 (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 1387年 (1387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.