Year in Japan

1397 in Japanese History

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

Era name: Ōei 応永 (year 4 of the era)

What happened 出来事

Buttsū-ji Temple 佛通寺 · Buddhist temple — Buddhist temple in Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan
Kinkaku-ji Temple 鹿苑寺 · Buddhist temple — Zen Buddhist temple in Kyoto, Japan

Reading the year 1397 in Japanese

Japanese sources from this period date events by era name, not by the Western calendar. 1397 corresponds to Ōei 応永 (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 1397年 (1397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.