Year in Japan

1396 in Japanese History

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

Era name: Ōei 応永 (year 3 of the era)

What happened 出来事

Gassantoda Castle 月山富田城 · Castle — building in Yasugi, Shimane Prefecture, Japan

Reading the year 1396 in Japanese

Japanese sources from this period date events by era name, not by the Western calendar. 1396 corresponds to Ōei 応永 (year 3 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 1396年 (1396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.