Year in Japan

1454 in Japanese History

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

Era name: Kyōtoku 享徳 (year 3 of the era)

What happened 出来事

Uesugi Akisada 上杉顕定 · Samurai — samurai of the Uesugi clan

Reading the year 1454 in Japanese

Japanese sources from this period date events by era name, not by the Western calendar. 1454 corresponds to Kyōtoku 享徳 (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 1454年 (1454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.