Year in Japan
651 in Japanese History
2 recorded entries for this year. It falls in the Asuka period (飛鳥時代, 538 – 710).
Era name: Hakuchi 白雉 (year 2 of the era)
What happened 出来事
- Shōfuku-ji Temple 正福寺 · Buddhist temple — Buddhist temple of the Shingon Buddhism sect dedicated to Thousand-Armed Thousand-Eyed Avalokiteśvar
- Chōkō-ji Temple 朝光寺 · Buddhist temple — Buddhist temple in Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan
Reading the year 651 in Japanese
Japanese sources from this period date events by era name, not by the Western calendar. 651 corresponds to Hakuchi 白雉 (year 2 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 651年 (651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.