Timeline of Kyoto
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The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture, Honshu island, Japan.
Prior to 19th century
- 794 CE - Kanmu relocates Japanese capital to Heian-kyō from Nagaoka-kyō.
- 947 - Kitano Shrine built.
- 970 - Gion Festival begins.
- 1202 - Zen Buddhist Kennin-ji (temple) founded in Higashiyama by Eisai.
- 1319 - Daitoku-ji Temple built.
- 1397 - Kinkaku-ji (Temple of the Golden Pavilion) founded.
- 1431 - Famine.
- 1444 - Political protest by merchants, at Kitano Shrine.
- 1467 - Ōnin War begins.
- 1480 - Ikkō-ikki unrest.
- 1560 - Aritsugu swordsmith in business.
- 1586 Jurakudai (palace) built. Hōkō-ji (temple) founded. Tenshō earthquake brings destruction and kills many.
- 1788 - Great Kyoto Fire.
19th century
- 1854 - Kyoto Imperial Palace rebuilt.
- 1869 - Japanese imperial capital relocated from Kyoto to Tokyo.
- 1871 Tokyo-Osaka-Kyoto postal service begins. Kyoto Prefecture created.
- 1872 - Exhibition of Arts and Manufactures held.[citation needed]
- 1875 - Protestant Doshisha English School established.
- 1877 - Kyōto Station opens.
- 1879 - Kamigyō-ku and Shimogyō-ku ward established.[citation needed]
- 1886 - Maruyama Park opens.
- 1887 - Population: 264,559.
- 1888 - Takocho (eatery) in business.
- 1890 - Lake Biwa Canal built.
- 1893 - Population: 317,270.
- 1895 Kyoto Electric Railway begins operating. National Industrial Exposition (Japan)[ja] held in Kyoto; Heian Shrine built.
- 1897 Imperial University of Kyoto established. Chūgai Nippō[ja] religious newspaper begins publication.
- 1899 - Kyoto Camera Club formed.
- 1900 - Miyako Hotel in business.
20th century
- 1903 Kyoto Municipal Zoo established. Population: 379,404.
- 1904 - Japan's first ekiben (boxed lunch) sold in Kyoto.
- 1909 Kyoto Commercial Museum opens. Population: 442,402.
- 1913 Hirase Conchological Museum opens. Population: 509,380.
- 1918 - Population: 670,357.
- 1921 - Higashiyama-ku ward created.[citation needed]
- 1922 - Kyoto Sanga Football Club formed.
- 1924 - Kyoto Botanical Garden established.
- 1925 December: Kyoto Gakuren incident[ja] occurs. Population: 679,963.
- 1928 - Hirohito's imperial enthronement ceremony held in Kyoto.
- 1929 Nakagyō-ku and Sakyō-ku wards created.[citation needed] City hosts Institute of Pacific Relations conference.
- 1930 - Population: 765,142
- 1931 - Fushimi-ku and Ukyō-ku wards created.[citation needed]
- 1934 - Salon de thé François (café) opens.
- 1940 - Population: 1,089,726.
- 1942 Kyoto Shimbun newspaper in publication. Nishikyogoku Athletic Stadium opens.
- 1945 - Population: 866,153.
- 1946 - November: National Sports Festival of Japan held in Kyoto.
- 1950 - Population: 1,101,854.
- 1955 - Kita-ku and Minami-ku wards created.[citation needed]
- 1956 - Kyoto designated a government ordinance city.
- 1960 Kyoto Kaikan (concert hall) opens. National Christian Council Center for the Study of Japanese Religions founded.
- 1964 - Kyoto Tower erected.
- 1969 - Kyoto Computer Gakuin (school) established.
- 1970 - October: Kyoto hosts World Conference of Religions for Peace.
- 1975 - Population: 1,460,000.
- 1976 - Nishikyō-ku and Yamashina-ku wards created.[citation needed]
- 1981 - Kyoto Municipal Subway begins operating.
- 1987 - City hosts World Conference of Historical Cities.
- 1988 - Nettowāku Kyōto (magazine) in publication.
- 1994 - Kyoto UNESCO World Heritage Site established.
- 1995 - Kyoto Concert Hall opens.
- 1996 - Yorikane Masumoto elected mayor.
- 1997 Kyōto Station rebuilt. City hosts signing of the Kyoto Protocol.
- 2000 Kyoto Art Center opens. Population: 1,467,705.
21st century
- 2001 - Movix Kyoto (cinema) opens.
- 2008 - February 17: 2008 Kyoto mayoral election held; Daisaku Kadokawa wins.
- 2011 - Population: 1,473,746.
- 2012 - February 5: 2012 Kyoto mayoral election held.
- 2019 – July 18: An arson fire burned down the original Kyoto Animation studio. 36 employees were killed.
See also
- Kyoto history
- List of mayors of Kyoto[ja]
- List of Buddhist temples in Kyoto
- List of Shinto shrines in Kyoto
This article incorporates information from the Japanese Wikipedia.
Bibliography
Published in the 17th-19th centuries
- Kyo-habutae [Kyoto Brocade] (in Japanese). 1685. (guidebook)
- Kaibara Ekiken (1706–1718). Keijo shoran [Excellent Views of Kyoto] (in Japanese). Kyoto: Ryugiken.
- Hiroshige, Kyoto meisho no uchi [Famous Places of Kyoto] (in Japanese) c.1835
- M. Ichihara (1895), , Nara: Meishinsha, OCLC
Published in the 20th century
- Kyoto City Council (1903). . K. Azumae.
- H. Hotta (1903). . Up-to-date guide for the land of the rising sun. Kobe: Z.P. Maruya & Co.
- Basil Hall Chamberlain; W.B. Mason (1907), , Handbook for Travellers in Japan (8th ed.), London: J. Murray, OCLC
- "Kioto". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 15 (11th ed.). 1910. p. 825.
- T. Philip Terry (1914), , Terry's Japanese Empire, Boston: Houghton Mifflin, LCCN
- Robert P. Porter (1915), , Japan, the new world-power (2nd ed.), London: Milford
- Richard Ponsonby-Fane. (1956). Kyoto: The Old Capital of Japan, 794-1869. Kyoto: The Ponsonby Memorial Society.
- Schellinger and Salkin, ed. (1996). . International Dictionary of Historic Places: Asia and Oceania. UK: Routledge. p. 515+. ISBN 9781884964046.
- Mary Elizabeth Berry (1997). . The Culture of Civil War in Kyoto. University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-91903-7.
- Mason Florence (1998), Kyoto, Lonely Planet, OL
- Ian Martin Röpke (1999). Historical Dictionary of Osaka and Kyoto. Historical Dictionaries of Cities of the World. Maryland, US: Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-3622-8.
Published in the 21st century
- Suzanne Marie Gay (2001). The Moneylenders of Late Medieval Kyoto. University of Hawaii Press. ISBN 978-0-8248-2461-7.
- Nicolas Fiévé and Paul Waley [in French], ed. (2003). Japanese Capitals in Historical Perspective: Place, Power and Memory in Kyoto, Edo and Tokyo. RoutledgeCurzon. ISBN 978-0-7007-1409-4.
- Diane Durston (2005). . Old Kyoto: A Guide to Traditional Shops, Restaurants, and Inns. Kodansha International. ISBN 978-4-7700-2994-2.
- John Dougill (2006). . Kyoto: A Cultural History. Cityscapes. Oxford University Press. p. 109+. ISBN 978-0-19-976046-6.
- Matthew P. McKelway (2006). Capitalscapes: Folding Screens And Political Imagination in Late Medieval Kyoto. University of Hawaii Press. ISBN 978-0-8248-2900-1.
- Christoph Brumann (2012). "Re-uniting a divided city: High-rises, conflict, and urban space in central Kyoto". In Christoph Brumann and Evelyn Schulz (ed.). Urban Spaces in Japan: Cultural and Social Perspectives. Japanese Studies Series. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-136-31883-2.
- Christoph Brumann (2012). Tradition, Democracy and the Townscape of Kyoto: Claiming a Right to the Past. Routledge. ISBN 978-0-415-69070-6.
External links
- . Kyoto City Web. City of Kyoto. +
- , c.1945
- , various dates (via Europeana).
- , various dates (via New York Public Library)
- , various dates (via Digital Public Library of America).
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