Year in Japan
716 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 2 of the era)
What happened 出来事
- Yamato Province 大和国 · Province of Japan — province of Japan, located in Kinai, corresponding to present-day Nara Prefecture in Honshū
- Yoshino Province 芳野監 · Province of Japan — province of Japan
- Taisan-ji Temple 太山寺 · Buddhist temple — Buddhist temple in Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan
Reading the year 716 in Japanese
Japanese sources from this period date events by era name, not by the Western calendar. 716 corresponds to Reiki 霊亀 (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 716年 (716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.