Year in Japan

702 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 2 of the era)

What happened 出来事

Satsuma Province 薩摩国 · Province of Japan — province of Japan
Ōnakatomi no Kiyomaro 大中臣清麻呂 · Samurai — Japanese noble

Reading the year 702 in Japanese

Japanese sources from this period date events by era name, not by the Western calendar. 702 corresponds to Taihō 大宝 (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 702年 (702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.