Year in Japan

929 in Japanese History

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

Era name: Enchō 延長 (year 7 of the era)

What happened 出来事

Saigū no Nyōgo 徽子女王 · Musician — Japanese poet in Heian period; consort of emperor Murakami
Fujiwara no Kaneie 藤原兼家 · Samurai — Japanese noble

Reading the year 929 in Japanese

Japanese sources from this period date events by era name, not by the Western calendar. 929 corresponds to Enchō 延長 (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 929年 (929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.