Year in Japan

717 in Japanese History

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

Era name: Yōrō 養老 (year 1 of the era)

What happened 出来事

Yōrō 養老 · Japanese era name — Japanese era from 717 to 724
Nago-dera Temple 那古寺 · Buddhist temple — Buddhist temple in Tateyama, Chiba pref
Nata-dera Temple 那谷寺 · Buddhist temple — temple in Komatsu, Ishikawa
Daifuku-ji Temple 大福寺 · Buddhist temple — Buddhist temple in Chiba Prefecture, Japan

Reading the year 717 in Japanese

Japanese sources from this period date events by era name, not by the Western calendar. 717 corresponds to Yōrō 養老 (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 717年 (717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.