Year in Japan

1480 in Japanese History

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

Era name: Bunmei 文明 (year 12 of the era)

What happened 出来事

Gokoku-ji Temple 護国寺 · Buddhist temple — Buddhist temple in Tokyo, Japan
Takatsukasa Kanesuke 鷹司兼輔 · Politician — kugyo of the late Muromachi period
Suwa Yorimitsu 諏訪頼満 (安芸守) · Samurai — daimyo in the Sengoku period Japan

Reading the year 1480 in Japanese

Japanese sources from this period date events by era name, not by the Western calendar. 1480 corresponds to Bunmei 文明 (year 12 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 1480年 (1480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.