Year in Japan

1450 in Japanese History

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

Era name: Hōtoku 宝徳 (year 2 of the era)

What happened 出来事

Ryōan-ji Temple 龍安寺 · Buddhist temple — temple in Kyoto, Japan

Reading the year 1450 in Japanese

Japanese sources from this period date events by era name, not by the Western calendar. 1450 corresponds to Hōtoku 宝徳 (year 2 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 1450年 (1450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.