The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture, Honshu island, Japan.
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Prior to 19th century
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- 794 CE - Kanmu relocates Japanese capital to Heian-kyō from Nagaoka-kyō.[1][2]
- 947 - Kitano Shrine built.
- 970 - Gion Festival begins.[3]
- 1202 - Zen Buddhist Kennin-ji (temple) founded in Higashiyama by Eisai.
- 1319 - Daitoku-ji Temple built.[4]
- 1397 - Kinkaku-ji (Temple of the Golden Pavilion) founded.[5]
- 1431 - Famine.[5]
- 1444 - Political protest by merchants, at Kitano Shrine.[6]
- 1467 - Ōnin War begins.[7]
- 1480 - Ikkō-ikki unrest.[8]
- 1560 - Aritsugu swordsmith in business.
- 1586
- Jurakudai (palace) built.
- Hōkō-ji (temple) founded.[9]
- Tenshō earthquake brings destruction and kills many.[10]
- 1788 - Great Kyoto Fire.[11]
19th century
- 1854 - Kyoto Imperial Palace rebuilt.[11]
- 1869 - Japanese imperial capital relocated from Kyoto to Tokyo.[11]
- 1871
- Tokyo-Osaka-Kyoto postal service begins.[12]
- Kyoto Prefecture created.[13]
- 1872 - Exhibition of Arts and Manufactures held.[citation needed]
- 1875 - Protestant Doshisha English School established.[14]
- 1877 - Kyōto Station opens.
- 1879 - Kamigyō-ku and Shimogyō-ku ward established.[citation needed]
- 1886 - Maruyama Park opens.
- 1887 - Population: 264,559.[15]
- 1888 - Takocho (eatery) in business.[16]
- 1890 - Lake Biwa Canal built.[17]
- 1893 - Population: 317,270.[18]
- 1895
- Kyoto Electric Railway begins operating.
- National Industrial Exposition (Japan) held in Kyoto;[19][20] Heian Shrine built.[14]
- 1897
- Imperial University of Kyoto established.[13]
- Chūgai Nippō religious newspaper begins publication.
- 1899 - Kyoto Camera Club formed.[21]
- 1900 - Miyako Hotel in business.[4]
20th century
- 1903
- Kyoto Municipal Zoo established.[22]
- Population: 379,404.[17]
- 1904 - Japan's first ekiben (boxed lunch) sold in Kyoto.[12]
- 1909
- 1913
- 1918 - Population: 670,357.[18]
- 1921 - Higashiyama-ku ward created.[citation needed]
- 1922 - Kyoto Sanga Football Club formed.
- 1924 - Kyoto Botanical Garden established.[26]
- 1925
- 1928 - Hirohito's imperial enthronement ceremony held in Kyoto.[14]
- 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.[18]
- 1942
- Kyoto Shimbun newspaper in publication.[3]
- Nishikyogoku Athletic Stadium opens.
- 1945 - Population: 866,153.[29]
- 1946 - November: National Sports Festival of Japan held in Kyoto.[30]
- 1950 - Population: 1,101,854.[18]
- 1955 - Kita-ku and Minami-ku wards created.[citation needed]
- 1956 - Kyoto designated a government ordinance city.[31]
- 1960
- Kyoto Kaikan (concert hall) opens.
- National Christian Council Center for the Study of Japanese Religions founded.[32]
- 1964 - Kyoto Tower erected.
- 1969 - Kyoto Computer Gakuin (school) established.
- 1970 - October: Kyoto hosts World Conference of Religions for Peace.[33]
- 1975 - Population: 1,460,000.[34]
- 1976 - Nishikyō-ku and Yamashina-ku wards created.[citation needed]
- 1981 - Kyoto Municipal Subway begins operating.
- 1987 - City hosts World Conference of Historical Cities.[35]
- 1988 - Nettowāku Kyōto (magazine) in publication.[36]
- 1994 - Kyoto UNESCO World Heritage Site established.[37]
- 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.[38]
21st century
- 2001 - Movix Kyoto (cinema) opens.[39]
- 2008 - February 17: 2008 Kyoto mayoral election held; Daisaku Kadokawa wins.[40]
- 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
- List of Buddhist temples in Kyoto
- List of Shinto shrines in Kyoto
References
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- ^ Album of the Hirase Conchological Museum, Kyoto, 1915, OCLC 8607506, OL 23270621M
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- ^ Philip Shapira; et al., eds. (1994). Planning for Cities and Regions in Japan. Liverpool University Press. ISBN 978-0-85323-248-3.
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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), Official guide-book to Kyoto and the allied prefectures, Nara: Meishinsha, OCLC 2600346
- Published in the 20th century
- Kyoto City Council (1903). Kyōto, Japan. K. Azumae.
- H. Hotta (1903). "City of Kyoto". Up-to-date guide for the land of the rising sun. Kobe: Z.P. Maruya & Co.
- Basil Hall Chamberlain; W.B. Mason (1907), "Kyōto", Handbook for Travellers in Japan (8th ed.), London: J. Murray, OCLC 1329108
- . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 15 (11th ed.). 1910. p. 825.
- T. Philip Terry (1914), "Kyoto and its Environs", Terry's Japanese Empire, Boston: Houghton Mifflin, LCCN 14005129
- Robert P. Porter (1915), "The Larger Cities: Kyoto", 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). "Kyoto". International Dictionary of Historic Places: Asia and Oceania. UK: Routledge. p. 515+. ISBN 9781884964046.
- Mary Elizabeth Berry (1997). "Transitions in Kyoto's Government, 1467-1568". The Culture of Civil War in Kyoto. University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-91903-7.
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- 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). "History". Old Kyoto: A Guide to Traditional Shops, Restaurants, and Inns. Kodansha International. ISBN 978-4-7700-2994-2.
- John Dougill (2006). "City of Unification". 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
Wikimedia Commons has media related to History of Kyoto.
- "Kyoto as Historical City: Chronology". Kyoto City Web. City of Kyoto. + part 2
- Maps of Kyoto, c. 1945
- Items related to Kyoto, various dates (via Europeana).
- Images related to Kyoto, various dates (via New York Public Library)
- Items related to Kyoto, various dates (via Digital Public Library of America).
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