Year in Japan

1003 in Japanese History

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

Era name: Chōhō 長保 (year 5 of the era)

What happened 出来事

Byōdō-ji Temple 平等寺 · Buddhist temple — temple in Shimogyō-ku, Kyoto

Reading the year 1003 in Japanese

Japanese sources from this period date events by era name, not by the Western calendar. 1003 corresponds to Chōhō 長保 (year 5 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 1003年 (1003ねん) in modern Japanese. Browse the full timeline to see where this year sits in the wider arc, or the 11th century for its neighbours.