Year in Japan

1421 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 28 of the era)

What happened 出来事

Sōgi 宗祇 · Writer — Japanese poet (1421–1502)

Reading the year 1421 in Japanese

Japanese sources from this period date events by era name, not by the Western calendar. 1421 corresponds to Ōei 応永 (year 28 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 1421年 (1421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.