Year in Japan

859 in Japanese History

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

Era name: Jōgan 貞観 (year 1 of the era)

What happened 出来事

Jōgan 貞観 · Japanese era name — Japanese era from April 859 to April 878

Reading the year 859 in Japanese

Japanese sources from this period date events by era name, not by the Western calendar. 859 corresponds to Jōgan 貞観 (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 859年 (859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.