Year in Japan

727 in Japanese History

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

Era name: Jinki 神亀 (year 4 of the era)

What happened 出来事

Fujiwara no Tsuginawa 藤原継縄 · Samurai — Japanese politician
Sakanoue no Karitamaro 坂上苅田麻呂 · Samurai — samurai
Fujiwara no Korekimi 藤原是公 · Samurai — Japanese noble

Reading the year 727 in Japanese

Japanese sources from this period date events by era name, not by the Western calendar. 727 corresponds to Jinki 神亀 (year 4 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 727年 (727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.