Year in Japan

796 in Japanese History

1 recorded entry for this year. It falls in the Heian period (平安時代, 794 – 1185).

Era name: Enryaku 延暦 (year 15 of the era)

What happened 出来事

Kurama-dera Temple 鞍馬寺 · Buddhist temple — temple in Kyoto prefecture, Japan

Reading the year 796 in Japanese

Japanese sources from this period date events by era name, not by the Western calendar. 796 corresponds to Enryaku 延暦 (year 15 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 796年 (796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.