Year in Japan

1455 in Japanese History

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

Era name: Kōshō 康正 (year 1 of the era)

What happened 出来事

Kōshō 康正 · Japanese era name — Japanese era from July 1455 to September 1457
Sōami 相阿弥 · Writer — Japanese artist (1455-1525)

Reading the year 1455 in Japanese

Japanese sources from this period date events by era name, not by the Western calendar. 1455 corresponds to Kōshō 康正 (year 1 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 1455年 (1455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.