Year in Japan

749 in Japanese History

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

Era name: Tenpyō-kanpō 天平感宝 (year 1 of the era)

What happened 出来事

Tenpyō-shōhō 天平勝宝 · Japanese era name — Japanese era from 749 to 757
Tenpyō-kanpō 天平感宝 · Japanese era name — Japanese era from April 749 to July 749

Reading the year 749 in Japanese

Japanese sources from this period date events by era name, not by the Western calendar. 749 corresponds to Tenpyō-kanpō 天平感宝 (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 749年 (749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.