Year in Japan

888 in Japanese History

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

Era name: Ninna 仁和 (year 4 of the era)

What happened 出来事

Ninna-ji Temple 仁和寺 · Buddhist temple — Buddhist temple in Kyoto, Japan

Reading the year 888 in Japanese

Japanese sources from this period date events by era name, not by the Western calendar. 888 corresponds to Ninna 仁和 (year 4 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 888年 (888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.