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593The Buddhist Gango-ji temple, the oldest in Japan, is founded at Asuka.
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607The Horyuji Buddhist temple is built in Nara, Japan during the reign of Regent Prince Shotoku.
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c. 670Many structures at the Buddhist Horyuji monastery in Nara, Japan are destroyed by fire.
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707 - 715Reign of Empress Gemmei in Japan.
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710The Buddhist Kofukuji temple is established at Nara, main temple of the Japanese Fujiwara clan.
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710 - 784Nara is the capital of ancient Japan.
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710Date favoured by historians for the founding of the Kasuga Taisha Shinto shrine at Nara, Japan.
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710 - 794The Nara Period in ancient Japan.
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710The Japanese capital is moved from Fujiwara-kyo to Nara (aka Heijokyo).
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710The buildings of the Buddhist Horyuji monastery in Nara, Japan are rebuilt.
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718Yakushiji temple is relocated from Fujiwara-kyo to Nara.
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718The Buddhist Gango-ji temple is relocated from Asuka to Nara in Japan.
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735 - 737Japan suffers two smallpox epidemics which kills 25-35% of the population.
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739The Hall of Dreams or Yumedono is built at the Buddhist monastery of Horyuji, Nara, Japan.
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740A rebellion led by the Fujiwara exile Hirotsugu is quashed by Emperor Shomu.
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747A statue of Hachiman is ceremoniously transferred from the Shinto Usa shrine to the Buddhist Todaiji shrine in Nara, Japan.
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752The Buddhist Todaiji temple is founded at Nara, Japan.
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758 - 764Reign of emperor Junnin in Japan.
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759The Buddhist Toshodai-ji temple is founded at Nara, Japan by the monk Ganjin.
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768Official founding date of the Kasuga Taisha Shinto shrine at Nara, Japan.
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794Emperor Kammu moves the Japanese capital to Heiankyo (Kyoto).
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841Hunting and tree-felling are prohibited in the forests around the Kasuga Taisha temple, Nara, Japan.
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990The Lecture Hall at the Buddhist monastery of Horyuji in Nara, Japan is built.
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1135The Wakamiya Jinja shrine is founded at Kasuga Taisha, Nara, Japan.
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1180The Todaiji Temple at Nara is destroyed by fire during the Genpei War.
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1195The Todaiji temple at Nara, Japan, is restored by the Minamoto clan.