Year in Japan

1457 in Japanese History

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

Era name: Chōroku 長禄 (year 1 of the era)

What happened 出来事

Chōroku 長禄 · Japanese era name — Japanese era from September 1457 to December 1460
Kawagoe Castle 川越城 · Castle — fortification

Reading the year 1457 in Japanese

Japanese sources from this period date events by era name, not by the Western calendar. 1457 corresponds to Chōroku 長禄 (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 1457年 (1457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.