Year in Japan

992 in Japanese History

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

Era name: Shōryaku 正暦 (year 3 of the era)

What happened 出来事

Fujiwara no Yorimichi 藤原頼通 · Samurai — Japanese noble
Shōryaku-ji Temple 正暦寺 · Buddhist temple — temple in Nara, Nara

Reading the year 992 in Japanese

Japanese sources from this period date events by era name, not by the Western calendar. 992 corresponds to Shōryaku 正暦 (year 3 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 992年 (992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.