Year in Japan

975 in Japanese History

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

Era name: Ten'en 天延 (year 2 of the era)

What happened 出来事

Taira no Tadatsune 平忠常 · Samurai — Chieftain of the Taira clan and governor

Reading the year 975 in Japanese

Japanese sources from this period date events by era name, not by the Western calendar. 975 corresponds to Ten'en 天延 (year 2 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 975年 (975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.