Year in Japan

1497 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 6 of the era)

What happened 出来事

Akechi Mitsutsuna 明智光綱 · Samurai — samurai
Amago Okihisa 塩冶興久 · Samurai — daimyo

Reading the year 1497 in Japanese

Japanese sources from this period date events by era name, not by the Western calendar. 1497 corresponds to Meiō 明応 (year 6 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 1497年 (1497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.