Year in Japan

706 in Japanese History

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

Era name: Keiun 慶雲 (year 3 of the era)

What happened 出来事

Sanbutsu-ji Temple 三仏寺 · Buddhist temple — Buddhist temple in Tottori Prefecture, Japan

Reading the year 706 in Japanese

Japanese sources from this period date events by era name, not by the Western calendar. 706 corresponds to Keiun 慶雲 (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 706年 (706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.