Year in Japan

731 in Japanese History

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

Era name: Tenpyō 天平 (year 3 of the era)

What happened 出来事

Ōtomo no Otomaro 大伴弟麻呂 · Samurai — Japanese shogun

Reading the year 731 in Japanese

Japanese sources from this period date events by era name, not by the Western calendar. 731 corresponds to Tenpyō 天平 (year 3 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 731年 (731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.