Year in Japan

1520 in Japanese History

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

Era name: Eishō 永正 (year 17 of the era)

What happened 出来事

Odani Castle 小谷城 · Castle — castle in Nagahama in Shiga Prefecture, Japan

Reading the year 1520 in Japanese

Japanese sources from this period date events by era name, not by the Western calendar. 1520 corresponds to Eishō 永正 (year 17 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 1520年 (1520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.