Year in Japan

736 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 8 of the era)

What happened 出来事

Ryōsen-ji Temple 霊山寺 · Buddhist temple — Buddhist temple in Nara Prefecture, Japan
Hase-dera Temple 長谷寺 · Buddhist temple — Buddhist temple in Kamakura

Reading the year 736 in Japanese

Japanese sources from this period date events by era name, not by the Western calendar. 736 corresponds to Tenpyō 天平 (year 8 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 736年 (736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.