Year in Japan

596 in Japanese History

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

What happened 出来事

Asuka-dera Temple 飛鳥寺 · Buddhist temple — Buddhist temple in Nara Prefecture, Japan

Reading the year 596 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 596年 (596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.