Year in Japan

1420 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 27 of the era)

What happened 出来事

Sesshū Tōyō 雪舟 · Painter — Japanese artist (1420-1506)

Reading the year 1420 in Japanese

Japanese sources from this period date events by era name, not by the Western calendar. 1420 corresponds to Ōei 応永 (year 27 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 1420年 (1420ねん) in modern Japanese. Browse the full timeline to see where this year sits in the wider arc, or the 15th century for its neighbours.