Year in Japan

1177 in Japanese History

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

Era name: Jishō 治承 (year 1 of the era)

What happened 出来事

Jishō 治承 · Japanese era name — Japanese era from August 1177 to July 1181

Reading the year 1177 in Japanese

Japanese sources from this period date events by era name, not by the Western calendar. 1177 corresponds to Jishō 治承 (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 1177年 (1177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.