Year in Japan

898 in Japanese History

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

Era name: Shōtai 昌泰 (year 1 of the era)

What happened 出来事

Shōtai 昌泰 · Japanese era name — Japanese era from 898 to 901

Reading the year 898 in Japanese

Japanese sources from this period date events by era name, not by the Western calendar. 898 corresponds to Shōtai 昌泰 (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 898年 (898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.