Region: Japan · Coordinates: 34.691, 135.795 · 54 events
| Year | Source | Account |
|---|---|---|
| AD 708 | Shoku Nihongi (Continued Chronicles of Japan) | The empress issues an edict on moving the capital, declaring that she accedes to the sincere wish of princes and great ministers to build a capital. |
| AD 710 | Shoku Nihongi (Continued Chronicles of Japan) | The capital is moved to Heijō-kyō, and Isonokami no Maro is appointed caretaker (rusu). |
| AD 715 | Shoku Nihongi (Continued Chronicles of Japan) | The emishi of Mutsu and Dewa, and peoples of the southern islands (Amami, Yaku, Tokan, Shinkaku, Kumi) come to court and present local goods. From this time gongs and drums are used at the New Year assembly (genkai). |
| AD 715 | Shoku Nihongi (Continued Chronicles of Japan) | Empress Genshō accedes to the throne by abdication at the Daigoku-den, and the era is changed to Reiki 1st year. |
| AD 717 | Shoku Nihongi (Continued Chronicles of Japan) | Tajihi no Agatamori, escort (oversight) envoy to Tang, is given the sword of authority. |
| AD 724 | Shoku Nihongi (Continued Chronicles of Japan) | Emperor Shōmu accedes to the throne by abdication at the Daigoku-den and grants a great amnesty. |
| AD 728 | Shoku Nihongi (Continued Chronicles of Japan) | The emperor receives the court greetings of kings, the hundred officials, and the envoys of Bohai at the Daigoku-den. |
| AD 729 | Shoku Nihongi (Continued Chronicles of Japan) | An imperial edict declares the Minister of the Left, Prince Nagaya, wicked, and states that his associates were removed. |
| AD 731 | Shoku Nihongi (Continued Chronicles of Japan) | The restrictions on the followers of the monk Gyōki are lifted, and ordination is permitted for men aged 61 and over and women aged 55 and over. |
| AD 732 | Shoku Nihongi (Continued Chronicles of Japan) | Tajihi no Hironari is named great envoy to Tang, Nakatomi no Nadai vice-envoy, and Fujiwara no Fusasaki and others are named circuit commissioners for the Tōkai, Tōsan, San'in and Saikaidō circuits. |
| AD 735 | Shoku Nihongi (Continued Chronicles of Japan) | It is reported that Silla renamed itself Wangseong-guk; the Ministry of War asks the purpose of the court visit and sends the envoy back. |
| AD 735 | Shoku Nihongi (Continued Chronicles of Japan) | Great Envoy Tajihi no Hironari returns from Tang and hands back the sword of authority. |
| AD 735 | Shoku Nihongi (Continued Chronicles of Japan) | The Tang-returned student Shimotsumichi no Makibi presents 130 volumes of the Tang Rites, the Daien-reki-kyō calendar, a shadow-measuring iron rule, pitch pipes, the Gakusho yōroku and others. |
| AD 735 | Shoku Nihongi (Continued Chronicles of Japan) | 296 Hayato from Ōsumi and Satsuma come to court and present tribute. |
| AD 736 | Shoku Nihongi (Continued Chronicles of Japan) | Deputy envoy to Tang Nakatomi no Nadai returns with three Tang people and one Persian. |
| AD 737 | Shoku Nihongi (Continued Chronicles of Japan) | The envoy to Silla reports that Silla lost courtesy and did not accept the envoy's message; all officials from fifth rank up and sixth rank down are asked to give their opinions. |
| AD 738 | Shoku Nihongi (Continued Chronicles of Japan) | Imperial Princess Abe is made crown princess and a great amnesty is granted; Tachibana no Moroe becomes Minister of the Right. |
| AD 739 | Shoku Nihongi (Continued Chronicles of Japan) | The Bohai deputy envoy, Unhui General Kijinmong and others, come to court. |
| AD 745 | Shoku Nihongi (Continued Chronicles of Japan) | The imperial procession returns to Heijō and stays at the Miyaike post station. |
| AD 748 | Shoku Nihongi (Continued Chronicles of Japan) | The retired sovereign (Genshō) dies in the inner palace, aged 69. |
| AD 749 | Shoku Nihongi (Continued Chronicles of Japan) | Great Archbishop Gyōki passes away. |
| AD 749 | Shoku Nihongi (Continued Chronicles of Japan) | The crown prince accedes to the throne by abdication at the Daigoku-den (Kōken). |
| AD 750 | Shoku Nihongi (Continued Chronicles of Japan) | Fujiwara no Kiyokawa is appointed great envoy to Tang and Ōtomo no Komaro vice-envoy. |
| AD 752 | Shoku Nihongi (Continued Chronicles of Japan) | The deputy envoy and above of the Tang embassy are called to the inner hall and given the sword of authority; Kiyokawa is raised to Senior Fourth Rank, lower grade. |
| AD 756 | Shoku Nihongi (Continued Chronicles of Japan) | The retired sovereign Shōmu dies in his private chambers; by his will, Prince Dōsō is made crown prince. |
| AD 757 | Shoku Nihongi (Continued Chronicles of Japan) | Fujiwara no Nagate and others again interrogate the suspects, who testify that they plotted three times, including at the house of Naramaro. |
| AD 758 | Shoku Nihongi (Continued Chronicles of Japan) | Empress Takano abdicates in favor of the crown prince (Emperor Junnin) and issues an edict. |
| AD 759 | Shoku Nihongi (Continued Chronicles of Japan) | The late Gendō is raised to Outer Fifth Rank, lower grade, and made the envoy to welcome the Tang great envoy. |
| AD 762 | Shoku Nihongi (Continued Chronicles of Japan) | Friction arises between Empress Takano and the sovereign, and the imperial procession returns to the Heijō palace. The sovereign stays at the Chūgū-in and Empress Takano at Hokke-ji. |
| AD 763 | Shoku Nihongi (Continued Chronicles of Japan) | The great master Ganjin (Jianzhen, known as Daiwajō) dies. He was a great monk of the Yōkō-ji in Yangzhou; in the second year of Tianbao he crossed the sea at the request of men of renown and virtue, but his ship was wrecked by storms, and the account continues. |
| AD 764 | Shoku Nihongi (Continued Chronicles of Japan) | The plot of Grand Preceptor Fujiwara no Oshikatsu is discovered; around the seal (ryōin) of the Chūgū-in, Sakanoue no Karitamaro and others shoot him dead. |
| AD 764 | Shoku Nihongi (Continued Chronicles of Japan) | Murakuni no Shimanushi, a minor official of Mino, is executed as a rebel, and the general for pacifying bandits, Fujiwara no Kurajimaro, and others return victorious. |
| AD 765 | Shoku Nihongi (Continued Chronicles of Japan) | Junior Third Rank Prince Wake is executed for conspiracy. |
| AD 769 | Shoku Nihongi (Continued Chronicles of Japan) | Hōō Dōkyō takes up residence in the front hall of the West Palace; ministers and others offer congratulations, and Dōkyō himself gives a felicitation speech. |
| AD 770 | Shoku Nihongi (Continued Chronicles of Japan) | Emperor Shōtoku dies in the inner chamber of the West Palace; Nagate and others decide the succession within the palace and establish the crown prince. |
| AD 770 | Shoku Nihongi (Continued Chronicles of Japan) | Emperor Kōnin ascends the throne at the Daigoku-den, and the era is changed to Hōki. |
| AD 775 | Shoku Nihongi (Continued Chronicles of Japan) | The former Minister of the Right, Kibi no Makibi, dies. His record states that he studied in Tang in the second year of Reiki and returned to court in the seventh year of Tenpyō. |
| AD 776 | Shoku Nihongi (Continued Chronicles of Japan) | The sword of authority is granted to the Tang embassy and an edict is proclaimed. |
| AD 779 | Shoku Nihongi (Continued Chronicles of Japan) | The Bohai envoy Chang Sonsu reports that Goryeo envoys were shipwrecked, and that they built two ships and followed him to court. |
| AD 780 | Shoku Nihongi (Continued Chronicles of Japan) | Fujiwara no Tsuguna is made great envoy for the conquest of the East (Seitō Taishi), with Ōtomo no Masutate and Ki no Kosami as vice-envoys. |
| AD 781 | Shoku Nihongi (Continued Chronicles of Japan) | His younger brother, Prince Sawara, is made crown prince. |
| AD 781 | Shoku Nihongi (Continued Chronicles of Japan) | Fujiwara no Oguromaro, inspector of Mutsu, completes his punitive campaign, returns to court, and receives Senior Third Rank. |
| AD 781 | Shoku Nihongi (Continued Chronicles of Japan) | Retired Emperor Kōnin dies, aged 73. |
| AD 782 | Shoku Nihongi (Continued Chronicles of Japan) | The conspiracy of Hikami no Kawatsugu, governor of Inaba, is discovered; when he flees, the Three Barriers are guarded and searched. |
| AD 782 | Shoku Nihongi (Continued Chronicles of Japan) | The sovereign issues an edict noting that no era name had been used, and sets a new era name (Enryaku). |
| AD 784 | Shoku Nihongi (Continued Chronicles of Japan) | Ōtomo no Yakamochi is named Sessetsu-ken Seitō Shōgun (commander holding the sword for the conquest of the East), and Fumiya no Yoki is made vice-general. |
| AD 809 | Nihon Kōki (Later Chronicles of Japan) | The retired emperor traveled by river in a paired boat to Heijō; since the palace was not yet finished, he temporarily stayed at the house of the late Minister of the Right Ōnakatomi no Kiyomaro. |
| AD 809 | Nihon Kōki (Later Chronicles of Japan) | Two thousand five hundred craftsmen and laborers were hired from the Home Provinces (Kinai) and other provinces to build the Heijō palace. |
| AD 810 | Nihon Kōki (Later Chronicles of Japan) | By order of the retired emperor, an attempt was made to move the capital back to Heijō; Tamuramaro, Fujiwara no Fuyutsugu and Ki no Tanoe were made palace construction commissioners (zōgūshi). This began the Kusuko Incident. |
| AD 810 | Nihon Kōki (Later Chronicles of Japan) | The retired emperor reached Koshida village in Soe district, Yamato, and learned that his path was blocked by armed soldiers; he turned back and shaved his head to enter the religious life. Fujiwara no Kusuko committed suicide. |
| AD 827 | Nihon Kōki (Later Chronicles of Japan) | Earthquake. The court reports to the Saho mausoleum its intention to strengthen the Rushana (Vairocana) Great Buddha of Tōdai-ji, sending the councillor Fujiwara no Aratachi and others. |
| AD 843 | Shoku Nihon Kōki | In the fourth month, the guardians of the Tatenarabi mausoleum reported that on the eighteenth day of the previous month the imperial mausoleum twice gave a sound like thunder and a red vapor flew up. |
| AD 846 | Shoku Nihon Kōki | In the twelfth month, Saidaiji burned down; the Buddhist images in the lecture hall were all reduced to ash at once. |
| AD 855 | Nihon Montoku Tennō Jitsuroku | In the seventh month, on day 戊申, Gen no Masaru and Kiyohara no Takio are sent to the Saho mausoleum of Emperor Shōmu to report that the Great Buddha collapsed on the twenty-third day of the fifth month and to vow that it will be recast. |