Year in Japan

778 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 9 of the era)

What happened 出来事

Kiyomizu-dera Temple 清水寺 · Buddhist temple — Buddhist temple in Higashiyama, Kyoto

Reading the year 778 in Japanese

Japanese sources from this period date events by era name, not by the Western calendar. 778 corresponds to Hōki 宝亀 (year 9 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 778年 (778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.