Year in Japan

1460 in Japanese History

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

Era name: Kanshō 寛正 (year 1 of the era)

What happened 出来事

Kanshō 寛正 · Japanese era name — Japanese era from December 1460 to February 1466
Kaerikumo Castle 帰雲城 · Castle — former Japanese castle

Reading the year 1460 in Japanese

Japanese sources from this period date events by era name, not by the Western calendar. 1460 corresponds to Kanshō 寛正 (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 1460年 (1460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.