Year in Japan
815 in Japanese History
3 recorded entries for this year. It falls in the Heian period (平安時代, 794 – 1185).
Era name: Kōnin 弘仁 (year 6 of the era)
What happened 出来事
- Iwaya-ji Temple 岩屋寺 · Buddhist temple — Shingon temple in Kamiukena District, Ehime Prefecture, Japan, which is Temple 45 on the Shikoku 88
- Shousan-ji Temple 焼山寺 · Buddhist temple — Shingon temple in Myōzai District, Tokushima Prefecture, Japan, which is Temple 12 on the Shikoku 88
- Aizen-in Temple 愛染院 · Buddhist temple — Shingon temple in Itano, Tokushima Prefecture, Japan
Reading the year 815 in Japanese
Japanese sources from this period date events by era name, not by the Western calendar. 815 corresponds to Kōnin 弘仁 (year 6 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 815年 (815ねん) in modern Japanese. Browse the full timeline to see where this year sits in the wider arc, or the 9th century for its neighbours.