Year in Japan

901 in Japanese History

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

Era name: Engi 延喜 (year 1 of the era)

What happened 出来事

Engi 延喜 · Japanese era name — Japanese era from 901 to 923

Reading the year 901 in Japanese

Japanese sources from this period date events by era name, not by the Western calendar. 901 corresponds to Engi 延喜 (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 901年 (901ねん) in modern Japanese. Browse the full timeline to see where this year sits in the wider arc, or the 10th century for its neighbours.