Year in Japan

587 in Japanese History

2 recorded entries for this year. It falls in the Asuka period (飛鳥時代, 538 – 710).

What happened 出来事

Chōgosonshi-ji Temple 朝護孫子寺 · Buddhist temple — building in Heguri, Nara Prefecture, Japan
Taisan-ji Temple 太山寺 · Buddhist temple — Shingon temple in Matsuyama, Ehime Prefecture, Japan, which is Temple 52 on the Shikoku 88 temple pi

Reading the year 587 in Japanese

Japanese sources from this period date events by era name, not by the Western calendar. 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 587年 (587ねん) in modern Japanese. Browse the full timeline to see where this year sits in the wider arc, or the 6th century for its neighbours.