Year in Japan

1479 in Japanese History

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

Era name: Bunmei 文明 (year 11 of the era)

What happened 出来事

Jan 2 Battle of Sakainehara 境根原合戦 · Battle — 1479 battle between the forces of Chiba Noritane and the forces of Ōta Dōkan
Oshi Castle 忍城 · Castle — Japanese castle in Gyōda, Japan

Reading the year 1479 in Japanese

Japanese sources from this period date events by era name, not by the Western calendar. 1479 corresponds to Bunmei 文明 (year 11 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 1479年 (1479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.