Year in Japan
574 in Japanese History
1 recorded entry for this year. It falls in the Asuka period (飛鳥時代, 538 – 710).
What happened 出来事
- Prince Shōtoku 聖徳太子 · Politician — semi-legendary Japanese prince (574–622)
Reading the year 574 in Japanese
Japanese sources from this period date events by era name, not by the Western calendar. 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 574年 (574ねん) in modern Japanese. Browse the full timeline to see where this year sits in the wider arc, or the 6th century for its neighbours.