Year in Japan

715 in Japanese History

3 recorded entries for this year. It falls in the Nara period (奈良時代, 710 – 794).

Era name: Reiki 霊亀 (year 1 of the era)

What happened 出来事

Reiki 霊亀 · Japanese era name — Japanese era 715-717
Byakugō-ji Temple 白毫寺 · Buddhist temple — building in Nara Prefecture, Japan
Fujiwara no Matate 藤原真楯 · Samurai — Japanese noble

Reading the year 715 in Japanese

Japanese sources from this period date events by era name, not by the Western calendar. 715 corresponds to Reiki 霊亀 (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 715年 (715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.