Year in Japan

758 in Japanese History

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

Era name: Tenpyō-hōji 天平宝字 (year 2 of the era)

What happened 出来事

Sakanoue no Tamuramaro 坂上田村麻呂 · Samurai — General and shogun

Reading the year 758 in Japanese

Japanese sources from this period date events by era name, not by the Western calendar. 758 corresponds to Tenpyō-hōji 天平宝字 (year 2 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 758年 (758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.