Year in Japan

988 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 2 of the era)

What happened 出来事

Hōjū-ji Temple 法住寺 · Buddhist temple — Buddhist temple of the Tendai sect dedicated to Acala in Higashiyama-ku, Japan

Reading the year 988 in Japanese

Japanese sources from this period date events by era name, not by the Western calendar. 988 corresponds to Eien 永延 (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 988年 (988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.