Year in Japan

709 in Japanese History

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

Era name: Wadō 和銅 (year 2 of the era)

What happened 出来事

Chiba-dera Temple 千葉寺 · Buddhist temple — Buddhist temple in Chiba Prefecture, Japan
Ryūkaku-ji Temple 龍角寺 (寺院) · Buddhist temple — temple in Sakae, Chiba

Reading the year 709 in Japanese

Japanese sources from this period date events by era name, not by the Western calendar. 709 corresponds to Wadō 和銅 (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 709年 (709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.