Year in Japan

987 in Japanese History

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

Era name: Eien 永延 (year 1 of the era)

What happened 出来事

Eien 永延 · Japanese era name — Japanese era from 987 to 989

Reading the year 987 in Japanese

Japanese sources from this period date events by era name, not by the Western calendar. 987 corresponds to Eien 永延 (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 987年 (987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.