Year in Japan

704 in Japanese History

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

Era name: Keiun 慶雲 (year 1 of the era)

What happened 出来事

Kawachi Province 河内国 · Province of Japan — province of Japan in the eastern part of modern Osaka Prefecture
Keiun 慶雲 · Japanese era name — Japanese era from 704 to 708
Fujiwara no Toyonari 藤原豊成 · Politician — Japanese politician
Nariai-ji Temple 成相寺 · Buddhist temple — Buddhist temple in Miyazu, Japan

Reading the year 704 in Japanese

Japanese sources from this period date events by era name, not by the Western calendar. 704 corresponds to Keiun 慶雲 (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 704年 (704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.