Year in Japan

747 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 19 of the era)

What happened 出来事

Ishiyama-dera Temple 石山寺 · Buddhist temple — Buddhist temple in Shiga Prefecture, Japan

Reading the year 747 in Japanese

Japanese sources from this period date events by era name, not by the Western calendar. 747 corresponds to Tenpyō 天平 (year 19 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 747年 (747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.