Year in Japan

1033 in Japanese History

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

Era name: Chōgen 長元 (year 6 of the era)

What happened 出来事

Fujiwara no Tadaie 藤原忠家 · Politician — Japanese statesman, courtier, politician, poet and calligrapher

Reading the year 1033 in Japanese

Japanese sources from this period date events by era name, not by the Western calendar. 1033 corresponds to Chōgen 長元 (year 6 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 1033年 (1033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.