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767 - 822Life of Saicho, founder of Tendai Buddhism in Japan.
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774 - 835Life of the monk Kukai (aka Kobo Daishi), founder of Shingon Buddhism in Japan.
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781 - 806Reign of Emperor Kammu in Japan.
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c. 793 - 864Life of Ennin, the Buddhist scholar-monk and abbot of Enryakuji, who brought many esoteric teachings from China to Japan.n
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794Emperor Kammu moves the Japanese capital to Heiankyo (Kyoto).
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794 - 1185The Heian Period in ancient Japan.
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794Emperor Kammu builds the Shinto Herano shrine at Heiankyo (Kyoto).
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826A five-storey pagoda is added to the To-ji temple complex in Heiankyo (Kyoto).
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838Last Japanese embassy to China during the Heian Period.
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845 - 903Life of the deified scholar and court official Sugawara no Michizane, aka Tenjin.
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849Ennin leads the first imperial-sponsored esoteric ritual at Enryakuji, Japan.
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854Ennin becomes the abbot of Enryakuji, Heiankyo (Kyoto), Japan.
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859The Iwashimizu shrine is built and dedicated to the Shinto god Hachiman in Heiankyo (Kyoto).
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866Fujiwara no Yoshifusa becomes the first Japanese regent not of royal blood.
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874The Buddhist Daigoji temple is founded by Shobo at Heiankyo (Kyoto).
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887 - 897Reign of Japan's Emperor Uda
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897 - 930Reign of Japan's Emperor Daigo.
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899Sugawara no Michizane (Tenjin) is made Minister of the Right. The Fujiwara leader Tokihira is made Minister of the Left.
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901Sugawara no Michizane (Tenjin) is exiled to Dazaifu, Kyushu.
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905The Kokinshu anthology of Japanese poetry is compiled.
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905The Kokinshu anthology of poems is compiled in Japan by Ki no Tsurayuki.
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c. 951The five-storey pagoda is built at Daigoji, Heiankyo (Kyoto).
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987Sugawara no Michizane is officially deified and given the title Tenjin.
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995Fujiwara no Michinaga becomes the Fujiwara clan leader in Japan.
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c. 1002Sei Shonagon completes The Pillow Book, a Japanese classic describing court life during the Heian Period.
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c. 1004Japanese poet Izumi Shikibu writes her 'Izumi Shikibu Diary'.
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c. 1020The Tale of Genji is completed by Murasaki Shikibu in Japan.
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1052The Buddhist temple site Byodo-in is founded in Japan by Fujiwara no Yorimichi.
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1073 - 1087Reign of Emperor Shirakawa in Japan.
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1073 - 1087Reign of Japan's Emperor Shirakawa.
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1115The Buddhist Daigoji temple complex at Heiankyo (Kyoto) is significantly expanded.
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1156Hogen Disturbance in Japan.
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1160Heiji Disturbance in Japan.
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1164The Buddhist Sanjusangendo temple is founded at Heiankyo (Kyoto), Japan.
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1180Taira forces defeat an army led by Minamoto no Yorimasa.
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1180 - 1185The Genpei War in Japan between the Taira and Minamoto clans.
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1181Taira forces defeat an army led by Minamoto no Yukie.
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1183 - 1198Reign of Japan's Emperor Go-Toba.
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1183Japanese emperor Go-Shirakawa officially recognises the authority of Minamoto no Yoritomo in the Kanto region.
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1183Kiso Yoshinaka defeats a large Taira army at Kurikara in Etchu and occupies the Japanese capital Heiankyo (Kyoto).
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1185Battle of Dannoura where the Minamoto defeat the rival Taira. The young emperor Antoku drowns.
