Year in Japan

1040 in Japanese History

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

Era name: Chōkyū 長久 (year 1 of the era)

What happened 出来事

Chōkyū 長久 · Japanese era name — Japanese era from 1040 to 1044

Reading the year 1040 in Japanese

Japanese sources from this period date events by era name, not by the Western calendar. 1040 corresponds to Chōkyū 長久 (year 1 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 1040年 (1040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.