Year in Japan

923 in Japanese History

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

Era name: Enchō 延長 (year 1 of the era)

What happened 出来事

Enchō 延長 · Japanese era name — Japanese era from 923 to 931

Reading the year 923 in Japanese

Japanese sources from this period date events by era name, not by the Western calendar. 923 corresponds to Enchō 延長 (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 923年 (923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.