Year in Japan

822 in Japanese History

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

Era name: Kōnin 弘仁 (year 13 of the era)

What happened 出来事

Kongōfuku-ji Temple 金剛福寺 · Buddhist temple — Shingon temple in Tosashimizu, Kōchi Prefecture, Japan, which is Temple 38 on the Shikoku 88 temple

Reading the year 822 in Japanese

Japanese sources from this period date events by era name, not by the Western calendar. 822 corresponds to Kōnin 弘仁 (year 13 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 822年 (822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.