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4 BCE: Traditional founding date of the Ise Grand Shrine in honour of the Shinto goddess Amaterasu.
478 CE: The founding of the Toyouke shrine at the Shinto Ise Grand Shrine in Japan.
593 CE: The traditional foundation date of the Shinto Itsukushima Shrine.
711 CE: The Fushimi Inari shrine, dedicated to the Shinto rice god Inari, is founded near Kyoto.
712 CE: The Kojiki is written, a collection of oral myths forming the basis of the Shinto religion.
713 CE: The Japanese Fudoki are composed and record local kami and associated legends.
720 CE: The Nihon Shoki is written, a collection of oral myths forming the basis of the Shinto religion.
725 CE: The Usa shrine is founded in northern Kyushu and dedicated to the Shinto god Hachiman.
759 CE: The Manyoshu or 'Collection of 10,000 Leaves' is written, an important Shinto source and classic of Japanese poetry.
768 CE: Official founding date of the Kasuga Taisha Shinto shrine at Nara, Japan.
794 CE: Emperor Kammu builds the Shinto Herano shrine at Heiankyo (Kyoto).
806 CE: The Shinto shrine of Fujisan Hongu Sengen Taisha is built on Mount Fuji.
807 CE: Imibe-no-Hironari writes the Kogoshui, a collection of oral myths forming the basis of the Shinto religion.
811 CE: The probable historical date for the foundation of the Shinto Itsukushima Shrine.
845 CE - 903 CE: Life of the deified scholar and court official Sugawara no Michizane, aka Tenjin.
859 CE: The Iwashimizu shrine is built and dedicated to the Shinto god Hachiman in Heiankyo (Kyoto).
937 CE: The Shinto god Hachiman is officially recognised as a bodhisattva.
947 CE: The Tenmangu Kitano shrine is founded in honour of Sugawara no Michizane, aka Tenjin.
987 CE: Sugawara no Michizane is officially deified and given the title Tenjin.
1046 CE: Yorinobu claims Hachiman patron god and founder of the Minamoto clan in Japan.
1135 CE: The Wakamiya Jinja shrine is founded at Kasuga Taisha, Nara, Japan.
1149 CE: The Dainichiji temple is built near the peak of Mount Fuji by Matsudai Shonin.
1168 CE: Taira no Kiyomori significantly remodels the Itsukushima Shrine.
1191 CE: The Shinto Tsurugaoka Hachiman Shrine is moved from Yuinogo to Kamakura, Japan by Minamoto no Yoritomo.