Year in Japan

765 in Japanese History

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

Era name: Tenpyō-jingo 天平神護 (year 1 of the era)

What happened 出来事

Tenpyō-jingo 天平神護 · Japanese era name — Japanese era from 765 to 767
Katsuō-ji Temple 勝尾寺 · Buddhist temple — Buddhist temple in Osaka Prefecture, Japan

Reading the year 765 in Japanese

Japanese sources from this period date events by era name, not by the Western calendar. 765 corresponds to Tenpyō-jingo 天平神護 (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 765年 (765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.