1456
Kôshô 2 (康正二年)
Timeline of 1456
Other Events of 1456
- A bronze bell is cast by a Japanese metalworker as an offering to the Kingdom of Ryûkyû. This bell will later be installed in the Gokoku-ji, and taken by Commodore Matthew Perry back to Annapolis in 1853.
- A number of Korean sailors are cast ashore on Kumejima; their accounts of Kumejima customs, etc. remain extant today.
Births and Deaths
- Naata Ufushu (d. 1517), chief of Ishigaki-jima, is born.
- Prince Sadafusa dies (b. 1372).
| Previous Year 1455 |
1456 | Following Year 1457 |