Year in Japan

836 in Japanese History

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

Era name: Jōwa 承和 (year 3 of the era)

What happened 出来事

Fujiwara no Mototsune 藤原基経 · Politician — Japanese politician (836-891)

Reading the year 836 in Japanese

Japanese sources from this period date events by era name, not by the Western calendar. 836 corresponds to Jōwa 承和 (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 836年 (836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.