Year in Japan

1170 in Japanese History

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

Era name: Kaō 嘉応 (year 2 of the era)

What happened 出来事

Asukai Masatsune 飛鳥井雅経 · Writer — Japanese poet and writer

Reading the year 1170 in Japanese

Japanese sources from this period date events by era name, not by the Western calendar. 1170 corresponds to Kaō 嘉応 (year 2 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 1170年 (1170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.