Year in Japan

767 in Japanese History

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

Era name: Jingo-keiun 神護景雲 (year 1 of the era)

What happened 出来事

Jingo-keiun 神護景雲 · Japanese era name — Japanese era from 767 to 770
Saichō 最澄 · Philosopher — Japanese Buddhist monk, founder of the Japanese Tendai school

Reading the year 767 in Japanese

Japanese sources from this period date events by era name, not by the Western calendar. 767 corresponds to Jingo-keiun 神護景雲 (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 767年 (767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.