Year in Japan

1440 in Japanese History

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

Era name: Eikyō 永享 (year 12 of the era)

What happened 出来事

Siege of Yūki 結城合戦 · Siege — 1440 siege
Hino Tomiko 日野富子 · Politician — Proeminent figure during the Ōnin war

Reading the year 1440 in Japanese

Japanese sources from this period date events by era name, not by the Western calendar. 1440 corresponds to Eikyō 永享 (year 12 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 1440年 (1440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.