Year in Japan

1000 in Japanese History

4 recorded entries for this year. It falls in the Heian period (平安時代, 794 – 1185).

Era name: Chōhō 長保 (year 2 of the era)

What happened 出来事

Ukon 右近 · Writer — Japanese poet and writer
Chōhō-ji Temple 長保寺 · Buddhist temple — Buddhist temple in Kainan, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan
Ise no Taifu 伊勢大輔 · Writer — Japanese poet
Nyoirin-ji Temple 如意輪寺 · Buddhist temple — Buddhist temple in Chiba Prefecture, Japan

Reading the year 1000 in Japanese

Japanese sources from this period date events by era name, not by the Western calendar. 1000 corresponds to Chōhō 長保 (year 2 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 1000年 (1000ねん) in modern Japanese. Browse the full timeline to see where this year sits in the wider arc, or the 10th century for its neighbours.