Year in Japan

895 in Japanese History

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

Era name: Kanpyō 寛平 (year 7 of the era)

What happened 出来事

Taira no Masakado 平将門 · Samurai — samurai who led one of the largest insurgent forces in the Heian period against the central governme

Reading the year 895 in Japanese

Japanese sources from this period date events by era name, not by the Western calendar. 895 corresponds to Kanpyō 寛平 (year 7 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 895年 (895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.