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| 710 |
| | | The Japanese imperial court makes its capital city at Nara, based on the Chinese example of Xi'an | |
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| 735 |
| | | Japanese tradition gives this as the year in which the game of I-go, known in the west as go, is introduced from China | |
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| 768 |
| | | The empress of Japan, in a remarkable start to the story of printing, commissions a million copies of a Buddhist charm | |
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| 794 |
| | | The Japanese imperial court moves to a new capital city - Kyoto | |
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| 877 |
| | | The Fujiwara family creates for itself a new hereditary office, that of imperial chancellor, through which it effectively rules Japan | |
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| c. 995 |
| | | Sei Shonagon, a lady-in-waiting to the Japanese empress, records her thoughts and impressions in her Pillow Book | |
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| 1001 |
| | | Japanese author Murasaki Shibubi produces, in The Tale of Genji, a book which can be considered the world's first novel | |
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| 1054 |
| | | Astronomers in China and Japan observe the explosion of the supernova which is still visible as the Crab Nebula | |
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| c. 1150 |
| | | Zen Buddhism reaches Japan from China and appeals greatly to the new samurai class | |
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| 1185 |
| | | The triumph of the Minamoto clan in Japan in 1185 leads to an uneasy relationship between the brothers Yoritomo and Yoshitsune | |
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