Year in Japan

703 in Japanese History

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

Era name: Taihō 大宝 (year 3 of the era)

What happened 出来事

Minamihokke-ji Temple 南法華寺 · Buddhist temple — temple in Takatori, Nara Prefecture, Japan

Reading the year 703 in Japanese

Japanese sources from this period date events by era name, not by the Western calendar. 703 corresponds to Taihō 大宝 (year 3 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 703年 (703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.