Year in Japan

871 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 13 of the era)

What happened 出来事

Fujiwara no Tokihira 藤原時平 · Politician — Japanese statesman

Reading the year 871 in Japanese

Japanese sources from this period date events by era name, not by the Western calendar. 871 corresponds to Jōgan 貞観 (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 871年 (871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.