Timeline of Kyoto

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.{{Citation |publisher = G. & C. Merriam Co. |location =US |title = Webster's Geographical Dictionary |date = 1960 |ol=5812502M |page=582 }}{{cite book|author=Kenneth Henshall|title=Historical Dictionary of Japan to 1945 |year=2014|publisher=Scarecrow Press |location=US |isbn=978-0-8108-7872-3 |chapter=Chronology |chapter-url= https://books.google.com/books?id=tmYYAgAAQBAJ&pg=PR15}}
947 - Kitano Shrine built.
970 - Gion Festival begins.
1202 - Zen Buddhist Kennin-ji (temple) founded in Higashiyama by Eisai.
1319 - Daitoku-ji Temple built.{{sfn|Röpke|1999}}
1397 - Kinkaku-ji (Temple of the Golden Pavilion) founded.
1431 - Famine.{{cite book|editor= Kozo Yamamura |title= Medieval Japan |series=Cambridge History of Japan |volume=3 |year= 1990|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn= 0521223520 |chapter=Chronology of Medieval Period |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VIkmrovCLgwC&pg=PA31 |page=31+ }}
1444 - Political protest by merchants, at Kitano Shrine.{{sfn|Durston|2005}}
1467 - Ōnin War begins.{{sfn|Berry|1997}}
1480 - Ikkō-ikki unrest.{{sfn|Gay|2001}}
1560 - Aritsugu swordsmith in business.
1586
Jurakudai (palace) built.
Hōkō-ji (temple) founded.{{sfn|Dougill|2006}}
Tenshō earthquake brings destruction and kills many.{{cite book |last1=Utsu |first1=Tokuji |last2=Shima |first2=Etsuzo |last3=Yoshii |first3=Toshiyoshi |last4=Yamashina |first4=Kenichiro |title=地震の事典 |date=2001 |publisher=Asakura Shoten}}
1788 - Great Kyoto Fire.{{sfn|Schellinger|1996}}

19th century

1854 - Kyoto Imperial Palace rebuilt.{{sfn|Schellinger|1996}}
1869 - Japanese imperial capital relocated from Kyoto to Tokyo.{{sfn|Schellinger|1996}}
1871
Tokyo-Osaka-Kyoto postal service begins.{{cite web |publisher=Japan Society |location=New York |url=http://aboutjapan.japansociety.org/content.cfm/timeline_modern |title= Timeline of Modern Japan (1868-1945) |work= About Japan: A Teacher’s Resource |access-date=July 30, 2015 }}
Kyoto Prefecture created.{{cite book|author=Louis Frédéric |title=Japan Encyclopedia |year=2002|publisher=Harvard University Press|isbn=978-0-674-01753-5 |author-link=Louis Frédéric |title-link=Japan Encyclopedia }}
1872 - Exhibition of Arts and Manufactures held.{{citation needed|date=May 2014}}
1875 - Protestant Doshisha English School established.{{cite web |publisher=Japan Society |location=New York |url=http://aboutjapan.japansociety.org/content.cfm/timeline_of_religion_and_nationalism |title= Timeline of Religion and Nationalism in Meiji and Imperial Japan |work= About Japan: A Teacher’s Resource |access-date=July 30, 2015 }}
1877 - Kyōto Station opens.
1879 - Kamigyō-ku and Shimogyō-ku ward established.{{citation needed|date=May 2014}}
1886 - Maruyama Park opens.
1887 - Population: 264,559.{{cite book|editor =W.N. Whitney|title= Concise Dictionary of the Principal Roads, Chief Towns and Villages of Japan|year=1889 |location=Tokyo |publisher={{Interlanguage link multi|Z.P. Maruya and Co.|ja|3=丸善}} |chapter=List of towns having population of over 10,000 |hdl= 2027/hvd.hnngzq}}
1888 - Takocho (eatery) in business.{{cite book|author1=William Shurtleff|author2=Akiko Aoyagi|title= Book of Tofu: Food for Mankind|year=1975|publisher=Autumn Press |location=US |isbn=978-0-394-73431-6 |chapter=Tofu Restaurants in Japan |via=Hathi Trust|hdl=2027/uc1.31822031043037}} (fulltext)
1890 - Lake Biwa Canal built.{{sfn|Britannica|1910}}
1893 - Population: 317,270.{{cite journal |title=Growth of Urban Population in Japan |author= Ayanori Okasaki |journal= Genus |volume= 13 |issue= 1/4 |pages= 132–152 |year=1957 |jstor= 29787368}}
1895
Kyoto Electric Railway begins operating.
{{Interlanguage link multi|National Industrial Exposition (Japan)|ja|3=内国勧業博覧会}} held in Kyoto;{{cite web |url=http://www.ndl.go.jp/exposition/e/index.html |title=Expositions: where the modern technology of the times was exhibited |publisher=National Diet Library |location=Tokyo |year=2011 }}{{Citation |publisher = Printed at the "Japan Mail" Office |date = 1895 |title = Kyoto Industrial Exhibition of 1895 |author=F. Brinkley |ol = 7125229M}} Heian Shrine built.
1897
Imperial University of Kyoto established.
{{Interlanguage link multi|Chūgai Nippō|ja|3=中外日報}} religious newspaper begins publication.
1899 - Kyoto Camera Club formed.{{cite book |title=History of Japanese Photography |year=2003 |publisher=Museum of Fine Arts, Houston |location=US |isbn=978-0-300-09925-6 |chapter=Chronology |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gQkHWBEbFxIC&pg=PT339 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/historyofjapanes0000unse }}
1900 - Miyako Hotel in business.{{sfn|Röpke|1999}}

20th century

1903
Kyoto Municipal Zoo established.{{cite book|editor=Vernon N. Kisling|title=Zoo and Aquarium History|year= 2000|publisher=CRC Press |location=US |isbn=978-1-4200-3924-5 |chapter=Zoological Gardens of Japan (chronological list) |chapter-url= https://books.google.com/books?id=dxTrR5nOE0UC&pg=PA384 }}
Population: 379,404.{{sfn|Britannica|1910}}
1904 - Japan's first ekiben (boxed lunch) sold in Kyoto.
1909
Kyoto Commercial Museum opens.{{Citation |publisher = Kyōto Shōhin Chinretsujo |location = Kyōto |author = Kyoto Commercial Museum |title = Official Catalogue |date = 1910 |ol = 22476971M }}
Population: 442,402.{{cite book|editor= Kuniko Fujita and Richard Child Hill |title=Japanese Cities|year= 1993 |location=US |publisher=Temple University Press|isbn=978-1-4399-0092-5 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=JfT5A6AWTGUC&pg=PA30 }}
1913
Hirase Conchological Museum opens.{{Citation |location = Kyoto |title = Album of the Hirase Conchological Museum |date = 1915 |oclc = 8607506 |ol = 23270621M }}
Population: 509,380.
1918 - Population: 670,357.
1921 - Higashiyama-ku ward created.{{citation needed|date=May 2014}}
1922 - Kyoto Sanga Football Club formed.
1924 - Kyoto Botanical Garden established.{{cite web |url= http://www.bgci.org/garden_search.php?action=Find&ftrCountry=JP |title=Garden Search: Japan |publisher= Botanic Gardens Conservation International |location=London |access-date=July 30, 2015 }}
1925
December: {{Interlanguage link multi|Kyoto Gakuren incident|ja|3=京都学連事件}} occurs.{{cite book|author1=George M. Beckmann|author2=Okubo Genji |title=The Japanese Communist Party 1922-1945|year=1969|publisher=Stanford University Press|isbn=978-0-8047-0674-2 |chapter=Chronology |chapter-url= https://books.google.com/books?id=8IarAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA390 }}
Population: 679,963.{{cite book|author=Y. Takenobu |title= Japan Year Book 1929 |year=1928 |location=Tokyo |chapter=Population of the Cities |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CJFKAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA45 }}
1928 - Hirohito's imperial enthronement ceremony held in Kyoto.
1929
Nakagyō-ku and Sakyō-ku wards created.{{citation needed|date=May 2014}}
City hosts Institute of Pacific Relations conference.
1930 - Population: 765,142
1931 - Fushimi-ku and Ukyō-ku wards created.{{citation needed|date=May 2014}}
1934 - Salon de thé François (café) opens.
1940 - Population: 1,089,726.
1942
Kyoto Shimbun newspaper in publication.{{cite web |url=http://unpan1.un.org/intradoc/groups/public/documents/APCITY/UNPAN021949.htm |title=Chronology of Kyoto Culture |work=Kyoto City Web |publisher=City of Kyoto |access-date=May 30, 2014 }}
Nishikyogoku Athletic Stadium opens.
1945 - Population: 866,153.{{cite web |url= https://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/products/dyb/1950_round.htm |work=Demographic Yearbook 1955 |publisher=Statistical Office of the United Nations |location=New York |title=Population of capital city and cities of 100,000 or more inhabitants }}
1946 - November: National Sports Festival of Japan held in Kyoto.{{cite book|author1=Allen Guttmann|author2=Lee Austin Thompson|title=Japanese Sports: A History|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lbOau1trIMMC|year= 2001|publisher=University of Hawaii Press|isbn=978-0-8248-2464-8}}
1950 - Population: 1,101,854.
1955 - Kita-ku and Minami-ku wards created.{{citation needed|date=May 2014}}
1956 - Kyoto designated a government ordinance city.{{cite book|editor=Philip Shapira|title=Planning for Cities and Regions in Japan|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oWrHO8-maUYC&pg=PA16 |year=1994|publisher=Liverpool University Press|isbn=978-0-85323-248-3|display-editors=etal}}
1960
Kyoto Kaikan (concert hall) opens.
National Christian Council Center for the Study of Japanese Religions founded.{{cite web |url=http://www.japanese-religions.jp/institute/index.html |title=About |publisher=NCC Center for the Study of Japanese Religions |access-date=May 30, 2014 }}
1964 - Kyoto Tower erected.
1969 - Kyoto Computer Gakuin (school) established.
1970 - October: Kyoto hosts World Conference of Religions for Peace.{{cite book|author=Ugo Dessì|title=Japanese Religions and Globalization |year=2013|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-0-415-81170-5}}
1975 - Population: 1,460,000.{{cite book |chapter-url= https://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/products/dyb/1970_round.htm |title=Demographic Yearbook 1975 |year=1976 |author=United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Statistical Office |location=New York |chapter=Population of capital city and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants |pages=253–279 }}
1976 - Nishikyō-ku and Yamashina-ku wards created.{{citation needed|date=May 2014}}
1981 - Kyoto Municipal Subway begins operating.
1987 - City hosts World Conference of Historical Cities.{{cite web |url=http://www.city.kyoto.jp/somu/kokusai/lhcs/about/outline.html |title=About |publisher=League of Historical Cities |access-date=May 30, 2014 }}
1988 - Nettowāku Kyōto (magazine) in publication.{{cite book |title= Nettowāku Kyōto |location=US |via=WorldCat |publisher=Online Computer Library Center |oclc = 835776001}}
1994 - Kyoto UNESCO World Heritage Site established.{{sfn|Brumann|2012}}
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.{{cite book|title=Europa World Year Book |year=2004|publisher=Europa Publications |isbn=978-1-85743-254-1 |chapter=Japan |chapter-url= https://books.google.com/books?id=wGA4o-UhAfgC&pg=PA2354 }}

21st century

2001 - Movix Kyoto (cinema) opens.{{cite web |url= http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/japan/kyoto?status=all |title=Movie Theaters in Kyoto |work=CinemaTreasures.org |publisher= Cinema Treasures LLC |location=Los Angeles |access-date=May 30, 2014 }}
2008 - February 17: 2008 Kyoto mayoral election held; Daisaku Kadokawa wins.{{cite web |url= http://www.citymayors.com/mayors/japanese-mayors.html |title=Japanese Mayors |location=London |work=City Mayors.com |publisher=City Mayors Foundation |access-date=May 30, 2014 }}
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.

References

This article incorporates information from the Japanese Wikipedia.

Bibliography

;Published in the 17th-19th centuries

{{cite book |title=Kyo-habutae |trans-title=Kyoto Brocade |year=1685 |language=ja }} (guidebook)
{{cite book |author=Kaibara Ekiken |title=Keijo shoran |trans-title=Excellent Views of Kyoto |language=ja |location=Kyoto |publisher=Ryugiken |year=1706–1718 |author-link=Kaibara Ekiken }}
{{citation |title=Kyoto meisho no uchi |trans-title=Famous Places of Kyoto |author=Hiroshige |language=ja |author-link=Hiroshige }} {{Circa|1835}}
{{Citation |publisher = Meishinsha |location = Nara |title = Official guide-book to Kyoto and the allied prefectures |url =https://books.google.com/books?id=2m0j8se1mfgC |author = M. Ichihara |date = 1895 |oclc = 2600346 }}

;Published in the 20th century

{{cite book|author=Kyoto City Council |title=Kyōto, Japan |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GnAzAAAAMAAJ|year=1903|publisher=K. Azumae}}
{{cite book|author=H. Hotta |title=Up-to-date guide for the land of the rising sun |year=1903|publisher=Z.P. Maruya & Co. |chapter=City of Kyoto |chapter-url= https://books.google.com/books?id=ZBsNAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA133 |location=Kobe

}}

{{Citation |publisher = J. Murray |location = London |title = Handbook for Travellers in Japan |author1=Basil Hall Chamberlain |author-link1=Basil Hall Chamberlain |author2=W.B. Mason |edition=8th |date = 1907 |oclc = 1329108 |chapter-url=https://archive.org/stream/ahandbookfortra00chamgoog#page/n358/mode/2up |chapter=Kyōto

}}

{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Kioto |volume= 15 | page = 825 |date=1910 |ref= {{harvid|Britannica|1910}} |short= 1}}
{{Citation |chapter=Kyoto and its Environs |chapter-url =https://archive.org/stream/terrysjapaneseem00terr#page/400/mode/2up |title = Terry's Japanese Empire |author=T. Philip Terry |date = 1914 |publisher = Houghton Mifflin |location=Boston |lccn=14005129

}}

{{Citation |publisher = Milford |location = London |author = Robert P. Porter |title = Japan, the new world-power |date = 1915 |edition=2nd |chapter=The Larger Cities: Kyoto |chapter-url=https://archive.org/stream/japannewworldpow00port#page/418/mode/2up }}
Richard Ponsonby-Fane. (1956). Kyoto: The Old Capital of Japan, 794-1869. Kyoto: The Ponsonby Memorial Society.
{{Cite book |publisher = Routledge |isbn = 9781884964046 |title = International Dictionary of Historic Places: Asia and Oceania |date = 1996 |editor=Schellinger and Salkin |location=UK |chapter=Kyoto |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vWLRxJEU49EC&pg=PA515 |page=515+

| ref = {{harvid|Schellinger|1996}}

}}

{{cite book|author=Mary Elizabeth Berry |title=The Culture of Civil War in Kyoto |year= 1997|publisher=University of California Press|isbn=978-0-520-91903-7 |chapter=Transitions in Kyoto's Government, 1467-1568 |chapter-url= https://books.google.com/books?id=z6wudj2tvwUC&pg=PA46

| ref = {{harvid|Berry|1997}}

}}

{{Citation |publisher = Lonely Planet |title = Kyoto |author = Mason Florence |year=1998 |ol=8314749M

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{{cite book

|author=Ian Martin Röpke

| ref = {{harvid|Röpke|1999}}

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;Published in the 21st century

{{cite book|author=Suzanne Marie Gay|title=The Moneylenders of Late Medieval Kyoto |year= 2001|publisher=University of Hawaii Press|isbn=978-0-8248-2461-7

| ref = {{harvid|Gay|2001}}

}}

{{cite book|editor=Nicolas Fiévé and Paul Waley |title=Japanese Capitals in Historical Perspective: Place, Power and Memory in Kyoto, Edo and Tokyo |year= 2003|publisher=RoutledgeCurzon |isbn=978-0-7007-1409-4

}}

{{cite book|author= Diane Durston |title=Old Kyoto: A Guide to Traditional Shops, Restaurants, and Inns |year=2005|publisher=Kodansha International|isbn=978-4-7700-2994-2 |chapter=History |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=asRP_jgcwLsC&pg=PA13

| ref = {{harvid|Durston|2005}}

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{{cite book|author=John Dougill|title=Kyoto: A Cultural History|year= 2006|publisher=Oxford University Press |series=Cityscapes |isbn=978-0-19-976046-6 |chapter=City of Unification |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8KRoAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA109 |page=109+

| ref = {{harvid|Dougill|2006}}

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{{cite book|author= Matthew P. McKelway |title=Capitalscapes: Folding Screens And Political Imagination in Late Medieval Kyoto |year=2006|publisher=University of Hawaii Press|isbn=978-0-8248-2900-1

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{{cite book|editor=Christoph Brumann and Evelyn Schulz|title=Urban Spaces in Japan: Cultural and Social Perspectives |series=Japanese Studies Series |year= 2012|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-136-31883-2 |chapter=Re-uniting a divided city: High-rises, conflict, and urban space in central Kyoto |author=Christoph Brumann }}
{{cite book|author= Christoph Brumann |title=Tradition, Democracy and the Townscape of Kyoto: Claiming a Right to the Past |year=2012|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-0-415-69070-6

| ref = {{harvid|Brumann|2012}}

}}

External links

{{cite web |url= http://www.city.kyoto.jp/koho/eng/historical/chronology.html |title=Kyoto as Historical City: Chronology |work=Kyoto City Web |publisher=City of Kyoto }} + [http://www.city.kyoto.jp/koho/eng/historical/chronology02.html part 2]
[http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/ams/japan_city_plans/ Maps of Kyoto], {{Circa|1945}}
[https://www.europeana.eu/portal/search.html?query=kyoto+japan&rows=96 Items related to Kyoto], various dates (via Europeana).
[http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/dgkeysearchresult.cfm?advword=kyoto Images related to Kyoto], various dates (via New York Public Library)
[http://dp.la/search?utf8=✓&page_size=100&q=kyoto+japan Items related to Kyoto], various dates (via Digital Public Library of America).

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