Year in Japan

701 in Japanese History

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

Era name: Taihō 大宝 (year 1 of the era)

What happened 出来事

Taihō 大宝 · Japanese era name — Japanese era from 701 to 704
Taihō-ji Temple 大宝寺 · Buddhist temple — Buddhist temple in Ehime Prefecture, Japan

Reading the year 701 in Japanese

Japanese sources from this period date events by era name, not by the Western calendar. 701 corresponds to Taihō 大宝 (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 701年 (701ねん) in modern Japanese. Browse the full timeline to see where this year sits in the wider arc, or the 8th century for its neighbours.