Year in Japan

1456 in Japanese History

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

Era name: Kōshō 康正 (year 2 of the era)

What happened 出来事

Kururi Castle 久留里城 · Castle — building in Kimitsu, Chiba Prefecture, Japan

Reading the year 1456 in Japanese

Japanese sources from this period date events by era name, not by the Western calendar. 1456 corresponds to Kōshō 康正 (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 1456年 (1456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.