Year in Japan

860 in Japanese History

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

Era name: Jōgan 貞観 (year 2 of the era)

What happened 出来事

Shiromine-ji Temple 白峯寺 · Buddhist temple — Shingon temple in Sakaide, Kagawa Prefecture, Japan, which is Temple 81 on the Shikoku 88 temple pil
Yama-dera Temple 立石寺 · Buddhist temple — Buddhist temple in Yamagata Prefecture, Japan
Mibu no Tadamine 壬生忠岑 · Writer — Japanese writer
Kōzen-ji Temple 光前寺 · Buddhist temple — Buddhist temple

Reading the year 860 in Japanese

Japanese sources from this period date events by era name, not by the Western calendar. 860 corresponds to Jōgan 貞観 (year 2 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 860年 (860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.