Year in Japan
1504 in Japanese History
5 recorded entries for this year. It falls in the Muromachi period (室町時代, 1336 – 1573).
Era name: Eishō 永正 (year 1 of the era)
What happened 出来事
- Eishō 永正 · Japanese era name — Japanese era from February 1504 to August 1521
- Matsumoto Castle 松本城 · Castle — building in Matsumoto, Nagano Prefecture, Japan
- Sesson Shukei 雪村 · Painter — Japanese artist (1504-1589)
- Saioku-ji Temple 柴屋寺 · Buddhist temple — Buddhist temple in Japan
- Obu Toramasa 飯富虎昌 · Samurai — Samurai who served Takeda clan
Reading the year 1504 in Japanese
Japanese sources from this period date events by era name, not by the Western calendar. 1504 corresponds to Eishō 永正 (year 1 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 1504年 (1504ねん) in modern Japanese. Browse the full timeline to see where this year sits in the wider arc, or the 16th century for its neighbours.