Timeline: Japanese Religion

• 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.