Year in Japan

1991 in Japanese History

1 recorded entry for this year. It falls in the Heisei period (平成時代, 1989 – 2019).

Era name: Heisei era 平成 (year 3 of the era)

What happened 出来事

Sendai Daikannon Temple 大観密寺 · Buddhist temple — large statue in Sendai, Japan

Reading the year 1991 in Japanese

Japanese sources from this period date events by era name, not by the Western calendar. 1991 corresponds to Heisei era 平成 (year 3 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 1991年 (1991ねん) in modern Japanese. Browse the full timeline to see where this year sits in the wider arc, or the 20th century for its neighbours.