Year in Japan

995 in Japanese History

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

Era name: Chōtoku 長徳 (year 1 of the era)

What happened 出来事

Chōtoku 長徳 · Japanese era name — Japanese era from 995 to 999

Reading the year 995 in Japanese

Japanese sources from this period date events by era name, not by the Western calendar. 995 corresponds to Chōtoku 長徳 (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 995年 (995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.