Year in Japan

761 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 5 of the era)

What happened 出来事

Kaidan-in Temple 戒壇院 · Buddhist temple — Buddhist temple in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan

Reading the year 761 in Japanese

Japanese sources from this period date events by era name, not by the Western calendar. 761 corresponds to Tenpyō-hōji 天平宝字 (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 761年 (761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.