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When is 百年 read as ヒャクネン vs モモトセ?

Likewise, when is 千年 read as センネン vs チトセ?
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百年 - ヒャクネン or モモトセ
These days only ひゃくねん and せんねん are used.

In premodern Japanese it was basically acceptable to read any word with either
kun'yomi or on'yomi, including people's names. For this reason you might see
ももとせ in poetry or possibly as a brand name, but they would have to put
furigana on it to make the pronunciation obvious. Google indicates that ちとせ is
occasionally used as a place name or personal name.
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