Year in Japan

733 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 5 of the era)

What happened 出来事

Tōrin-in Temple 東林院 · Buddhist temple — Buddhist temple in Ōasa-chō Ōtani, Naruto, Tokushima prefecture, Japan
Jindai-ji Temple 深大寺 · Buddhist temple — temple of Tendai Buddhism in Tokyo, Japan

Reading the year 733 in Japanese

Japanese sources from this period date events by era name, not by the Western calendar. 733 corresponds to Tenpyō 天平 (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 733年 (733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.