Japanese Religion Timeline

Timeline

  • 710
    Date favoured by historians for the founding of the Kasuga Taisha Shinto shrine at Nara, Japan.
  • 712
    The Kojiki is written, a collection of oral myths forming the basis of the Shinto religion.
  • 720
    The Nihon Shoki is written, a collection of oral myths forming the basis of the Shinto religion.
  • 794
    Emperor Kammu moves the Japanese capital to Heiankyo (Kyoto).
  • c. 807
    Imibe-no-Hironari writes the Kogoshui, a collection of oral myths forming the basis of the Shinto religion.
  • 1164
    The Buddhist Sanjusangendo temple is founded at Heiankyo (Kyoto), Japan.
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