Year in Japan

729 in Japanese History

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

Era name: Tenpyō 天平 (year 1 of the era)

What happened 出来事

Tenpyō 天平 · Japanese era name — Japanese era from 729 to 749
Ishite-ji Temple 石手寺 · Buddhist temple — Shingon temple in Matsuyama, Ehime Prefecture, Japan, which is Temple 51 on the Shikoku 88 temple pi

Reading the year 729 in Japanese

Japanese sources from this period date events by era name, not by the Western calendar. 729 corresponds to Tenpyō 天平 (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 729年 (729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.