Year in Japan

961 in Japanese History

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

Era name: Ōwa 応和 (year 1 of the era)

What happened 出来事

Ōwa 応和 · Japanese era name — Japanese era from 961 to 964

Reading the year 961 in Japanese

Japanese sources from this period date events by era name, not by the Western calendar. 961 corresponds to Ōwa 応和 (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 961年 (961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.