Year in Japan

784 in Japanese History

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

Era name: Enryaku 延暦 (year 3 of the era)

What happened 出来事

Chūzen-ji Temple 中禅寺 · Buddhist temple — building in Nikko, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan

Reading the year 784 in Japanese

Japanese sources from this period date events by era name, not by the Western calendar. 784 corresponds to Enryaku 延暦 (year 3 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 784年 (784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.