Year in Japan

1431 in Japanese History

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

Era name: Eikyō 永享 (year 3 of the era)

What happened 出来事

Geiami 芸阿弥 · Painter — Japanese artist (1431-1485)

Reading the year 1431 in Japanese

Japanese sources from this period date events by era name, not by the Western calendar. 1431 corresponds to Eikyō 永享 (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 1431年 (1431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.