Glossary

Yōrō

養老

Term · calendar

Japanese era name (養老) for the years 717–723: 717 is Yōrō 1 (元年) and Yōrō 7 is 723. Yōrō (養老) is a Japanese era name (nengō), proclaimed in 717. Its years are counted in lunar years from the new year before the proclamation: 717 is Yōrō 1 (元年), 723 its last year, Yōrō 7. A Japanese source dates a year within it as “Yōrō 2” (養老2年) rather than by a continuous count. Before: Reiki. After: Jinki.