Year in Japan

1400 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 7 of the era)

What happened 出来事

Sadowara Castle 佐土原城 · Castle — Japanese castle in Miyazaki city, Miyazaki prefecture

Reading the year 1400 in Japanese

Japanese sources from this period date events by era name, not by the Western calendar. 1400 corresponds to Ōei 応永 (year 7 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 1400年 (1400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.