Year in Japan

985 in Japanese History

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

Era name: Kanna 寛和 (year 1 of the era)

What happened 出来事

Kanna 寛和 · Japanese era name — Japanese era name

Reading the year 985 in Japanese

Japanese sources from this period date events by era name, not by the Western calendar. 985 corresponds to Kanna 寛和 (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 985年 (985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.