Year in Japan

983 in Japanese History

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

Era name: Eikan 永観 (year 1 of the era)

What happened 出来事

Eikan 永観 · Japanese era name — Japanese era from 983 to 985

Reading the year 983 in Japanese

Japanese sources from this period date events by era name, not by the Western calendar. 983 corresponds to Eikan 永観 (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 983年 (983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.