Year in Japan

991 in Japanese History

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

Era name: Shōryaku 正暦 (year 2 of the era)

What happened 出来事

Mibu-dera 壬生寺 · Buddhist temple — building in Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan

Reading the year 991 in Japanese

Japanese sources from this period date events by era name, not by the Western calendar. 991 corresponds to Shōryaku 正暦 (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 991年 (991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.