Year in Japan

676 in Japanese History

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

Era name: Hakuhō 白鳳 (year 16 of the era)

What happened 出来事

Toneri-shinnō 舎人親王 · Historian — son of emperor Temmu; father of emperor Junnin (676-735)
Tō-ji Temple 東寺 · Buddhist temple — building in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan

Reading the year 676 in Japanese

Japanese sources from this period date events by era name, not by the Western calendar. 676 corresponds to Hakuhō 白鳳 (year 16 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 676年 (676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.