Year in Japan

1481 in Japanese History

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

Era name: Bunmei 文明 (year 13 of the era)

What happened 出来事

Ashikaga Yoshizumi 足利義澄 · Samurai — 11th shōgun of the Ashikaga shogunate of Japan (1494–1508)

Reading the year 1481 in Japanese

Japanese sources from this period date events by era name, not by the Western calendar. 1481 corresponds to Bunmei 文明 (year 13 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 1481年 (1481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.