Year in Japan

1069 in Japanese History

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

Era name: Enkyū 延久 (year 1 of the era)

What happened 出来事

Enkyū 延久 · Japanese era name — Japanese era from April 1069 to August 1074

Reading the year 1069 in Japanese

Japanese sources from this period date events by era name, not by the Western calendar. 1069 corresponds to Enkyū 延久 (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 1069年 (1069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.