Year in Japan
645 in Japanese History
5 recorded entries for this year. It falls in the Asuka period (飛鳥時代, 538 – 710).
Era name: Taika 大化 (year 1 of the era)
What happened 出来事
- Jul 10 Isshi Incident 乙巳の変 · Military campaign — successful plot by Nakatomi no Kamatari, Prince Naka no Ōe and others who conspired to eliminate the
- Taika 大化 · Japanese era name — Japanese era from July 645 to March 650
- Sensō-ji Temple 浅草寺 · Buddhist temple — Buddhist temple in Tokyo, Japan
- Abe Monju-in Temple 安倍文殊院 · Buddhist temple — Buddhist temple in Nara Prefecture, Japan
- Jitō 持統天皇 · Politician — Empress of Japan (645-703)
Reading the year 645 in Japanese
Japanese sources from this period date events by era name, not by the Western calendar. 645 corresponds to Taika 大化 (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 645年 (645ねん) in modern Japanese. Browse the full timeline to see where this year sits in the wider arc, or the 7th century for its neighbours.