Year in Japan
1184 in Japanese History
5 recorded entries for this year. It falls in the Heian period (平安時代, 794 – 1185).
Era name: Genryaku 元暦 (year 1 of the era)
What happened 出来事
- Jan 3 Siege of Hōjūjidono 法住寺合戦 · Siege — siege in 1184 in Japan
- Mar 4 Battle of Uji 宇治川の戦い · Battle — 1184 Second Battle of Uji
- Mar 4 Battle of Awazu 粟津の戦い · Battle — 1184 battle of the Genpei War
- Mar 20 Battle of Ichi-no-Tani 一ノ谷の戦い · Battle — battle in 1184 in Japan
- Genryaku 元暦 · Japanese era name — Japanese era from April 1184 to August 1185
Reading the year 1184 in Japanese
Japanese sources from this period date events by era name, not by the Western calendar. 1184 corresponds to Genryaku 元暦 (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 1184年 (1184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.