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4 BCETraditional founding date of the Ise Grand Shrine in honour of the Shinto goddess Amaterasu.
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478 CEThe founding of the Toyouke shrine at the Shinto Ise Grand Shrine in Japan.
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593 CEThe traditional foundation date of the Shinto Itsukushima Shrine.
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711 CEThe Fushimi Inari shrine, dedicated to the Shinto rice god Inari, is founded near Kyoto.
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712 CEThe Kojiki is written, a collection of oral myths forming the basis of the Shinto religion.
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713 CEThe Japanese Fudoki are composed and record local kami and associated legends.
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720 CEThe Nihon Shoki is written, a collection of oral myths forming the basis of the Shinto religion.
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725 CEThe Usa shrine is founded in northern Kyushu and dedicated to the Shinto god Hachiman.
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c. 759 CEThe Manyoshu or 'Collection of 10,000 Leaves' is written, an important Shinto source and classic of Japanese poetry.
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768 CEOfficial founding date of the Kasuga Taisha Shinto shrine at Nara, Japan.
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794 CEEmperor Kammu builds the Shinto Herano shrine at Heiankyo (Kyoto).
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806 CEThe Shinto shrine of Fujisan Hongu Sengen Taisha is built on Mount Fuji.
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c. 807 CEImibe-no-Hironari writes the Kogoshui, a collection of oral myths forming the basis of the Shinto religion.
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811 CEThe probable historical date for the foundation of the Shinto Itsukushima Shrine.
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845 CE - 903 CELife of the deified scholar and court official Sugawara no Michizane, aka Tenjin.
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859 CEThe Iwashimizu shrine is built and dedicated to the Shinto god Hachiman in Heiankyo (Kyoto).
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937 CEThe Shinto god Hachiman is officially recognised as a bodhisattva.
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947 CEThe Tenmangu Kitano shrine is founded in honour of Sugawara no Michizane, aka Tenjin.
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987 CESugawara no Michizane is officially deified and given the title Tenjin.
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1046 CEYorinobu claims Hachiman patron god and founder of the Minamoto clan in Japan.
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1135 CEThe Wakamiya Jinja shrine is founded at Kasuga Taisha, Nara, Japan.
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1149 CEThe Dainichiji temple is built near the peak of Mount Fuji by Matsudai Shonin.
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1168 CETaira no Kiyomori significantly remodels the Itsukushima Shrine.
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1191 CEThe Shinto Tsurugaoka Hachiman Shrine is moved from Yuinogo to Kamakura, Japan by Minamoto no Yoritomo.
