Year in Japan

789 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 8 of the era)

What happened 出来事

Unpen-ji Temple 雲辺寺 · Buddhist temple — Shingon temple in Miyoshi, Tokushima Prefecture, Japan, which is Temple 66 on the Shikoku 88 temple

Reading the year 789 in Japanese

Japanese sources from this period date events by era name, not by the Western calendar. 789 corresponds to Enryaku 延暦 (year 8 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 789年 (789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.