Year in Japan

1494 in Japanese History

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

Era name: Meiō 明応 (year 3 of the era)

What happened 出来事

Takeda Nobutora 武田信虎 · Samurai — daimyo who controlled the Province of Kai
Saitō Dōsan 斎藤道三 · Samurai — Sengoku period Japanese samurai

Reading the year 1494 in Japanese

Japanese sources from this period date events by era name, not by the Western calendar. 1494 corresponds to Meiō 明応 (year 3 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 1494年 (1494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.