Year in Japan

770 in Japanese History

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

Era name: Hōki 宝亀 (year 1 of the era)

What happened 出来事

Hōki 宝亀 · Japanese era name — Japanese era from 770 to 781

Reading the year 770 in Japanese

Japanese sources from this period date events by era name, not by the Western calendar. 770 corresponds to Hōki 宝亀 (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 770年 (770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.