Year in Japan

1142 in Japanese History

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

Era name: Kōji 康治 (year 1 of the era)

What happened 出来事

Kōji 康治 · Japanese era name — Japanese era from April 1142 to February 1144

Reading the year 1142 in Japanese

Japanese sources from this period date events by era name, not by the Western calendar. 1142 corresponds to Kōji 康治 (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 1142年 (1142ねん) in modern Japanese. Browse the full timeline to see where this year sits in the wider arc, or the 12th century for its neighbours.