660 in Japan

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Events in the year 660 in Japan.

Events

• date unknown - After the fall of Sabi to the forces of Silla, the Yamato government sends envoys directly to the Chinese court for the first time.
• date unknown - The Baekje–Tang War begins, involving Yamato forces in support of the kingdoms of Baekje and Goguryeo.
• date unknown - The first Japanese water clock was created by Prince Naka no Ōe no Ōji.
• date unknown - Japanese forces, under command of Abe no Hirafu, massacre the Mishihase people in Hokkaido.
• date unknown - The capital of Japan moves from Asuka, Yamato (Okamoto Palace or Nochi no Asuka-Okamoto-no-miya) to Asakura, Fukuoka

Incumbents

• Monarch: Empress Kōgyoku (a.k.a., Empress Saimei)

Births

• date unknown - Empress Genmei (d. 721)
• date unknown - Yamanoue no Okura (d. 733), Japanese poet

References

• Ponsonby-Fane, Richard. (1915). The Imperial Family of Japan, p. 1.

Notes

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