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The Buddhist Gango-ji temple, the oldest in Japan, is founded at Asuka.
607

The Horyuji Buddhist temple is built in Nara, Japan during the reign of Regent Prince Shotoku.
c. 670

Many structures at the Buddhist Horyuji monastery in Nara, Japan are destroyed by fire.
707 - 715

Reign of Empress Gemmei in Japan.
710 - 794

The Nara Period in ancient Japan.
710

The Japanese capital is moved from Fujiwara-kyo to Nara (aka Heijokyo).
710

The buildings of the Buddhist Horyuji monastery in Nara, Japan are rebuilt.
710

The Buddhist Kofukuji temple is established at Nara, main temple of the Japanese Fujiwara clan.
710 - 784

Nara is the capital of ancient Japan.
710

Date favoured by historians for the founding of the Kasuga Taisha Shinto shrine at Nara, Japan.
718

The Buddhist Gango-ji temple is relocated from Asuka to Nara in Japan.
718

Yakushiji temple is relocated from Fujiwara-kyo to Nara.
735 - 737

Japan suffers two smallpox epidemics which kills 25-35% of the population.
739

The Hall of Dreams or Yumedono is built at the Buddhist monastery of Horyuji, Nara, Japan.
740

A rebellion led by the Fujiwara exile Hirotsugu is quashed by Emperor Shomu.
747

A statue of Hachiman is ceremoniously transferred from the Shinto Usa shrine to the Buddhist Todaiji shrine in Nara, Japan.
752

The Buddhist Todaiji temple is founded at Nara, Japan.
758 - 764

Reign of emperor Junnin in Japan.
759

The Buddhist Toshodai-ji temple is founded at Nara, Japan by the monk Ganjin.
768

Official founding date of the Kasuga Taisha Shinto shrine at Nara, Japan.
794

Emperor Kammu moves the Japanese capital to Heiankyo (Kyoto).
841

Hunting and tree-felling are prohibited in the forests around the Kasuga Taisha temple, Nara, Japan.
990

The Lecture Hall at the Buddhist monastery of Horyuji in Nara, Japan is built.
1135

The Wakamiya Jinja shrine is founded at Kasuga Taisha, Nara, Japan.
1180

The Todaiji Temple at Nara is destroyed by fire during the Genpei War.
1195

The Todaiji temple at Nara, Japan, is restored by the Minamoto clan.

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