Year in Japan

721 in Japanese History

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

Era name: Yōrō 養老 (year 5 of the era)

What happened 出来事

Suwa Province 諏方国 · Province of Japan — province of Japan

Reading the year 721 in Japanese

Japanese sources from this period date events by era name, not by the Western calendar. 721 corresponds to Yōrō 養老 (year 5 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 721年 (721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.