Shinto Architecture Timeline

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4 BCE
Traditional founding date of the Ise Grand Shrine in honour of the Shinto goddess Amaterasu.
478 CE
The founding of the Toyouke shrine at the Shinto Ise Grand Shrine in Japan.
710 CE
Date favoured by historians for the founding of the Kasuga Taisha Shinto shrine at Nara, Japan.
711 CE
The Fushimi Inari shrine, dedicated to the Shinto rice god Inari, is founded near Kyoto.
725 CE
The Usa shrine is founded in northern Kyushu and dedicated to the Shinto god Hachiman.
768 CE
Official founding date of the Kasuga Taisha Shinto shrine at Nara, Japan.
794 CE
Emperor Kammu builds the Shinto Herano shrine at Heiankyo (Kyoto).
806 CE
The Shinto shrine of Fujisan Hongu Sengen Taisha is built on Mount Fuji.
859 CE
The Iwashimizu shrine is built and dedicated to the Shinto god Hachiman in Heiankyo (Kyoto).
947 CE
The Tenmangu Kitano shrine is founded in honour of Sugawara no Michizane, aka Tenjin.
1135 CE
The Wakamiya Jinja shrine is founded at Kasuga Taisha, Nara, Japan.
1149 CE
The Dainichiji temple is built near the peak of Mount Fuji by Matsudai Shonin.
1168 CE
Taira no Kiyomori significantly remodels the Itsukushima Shrine.