Year in Japan

848 in Japanese History

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

Era name: Kashō 嘉祥 (year 1 of the era)

What happened 出来事

Kashō 嘉祥 · Japanese era name — Japanese era from 848 to 851

Reading the year 848 in Japanese

Japanese sources from this period date events by era name, not by the Western calendar. 848 corresponds to Kashō 嘉祥 (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 848年 (848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.