Year in Japan

681 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 21 of the era)

What happened 出来事

Fujiwara no Fusasaki 藤原房前 · Politician — High ranking minister and founded the temple of Sugimoto-dera in Kamakura, Kanagawa

Reading the year 681 in Japanese

Japanese sources from this period date events by era name, not by the Western calendar. 681 corresponds to Hakuhō 白鳳 (year 21 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 681年 (681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.