Year in Japan

662 in Japanese History

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

Era name: Hakuhō 白鳳 (year 2 of the era)

What happened 出来事

Kakinomoto no Hitomaro 柿本人麻呂 · Writer — Japanese poet

Reading the year 662 in Japanese

Japanese sources from this period date events by era name, not by the Western calendar. 662 corresponds to Hakuhō 白鳳 (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 662年 (662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.