Year in Japan

970 in Japanese History

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

Era name: Tenroku 天禄 (year 1 of the era)

What happened 出来事

Tenroku 天禄 · Japanese era name — Japanese era from 970 to 974

Reading the year 970 in Japanese

Japanese sources from this period date events by era name, not by the Western calendar. 970 corresponds to Tenroku 天禄 (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 970年 (970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.