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