Editing Heian period (section)

==Events==
* 784: [[Emperor Kanmu]] moves the capital to [[Nagaoka-kyō]] (Kyōto)
* 794: Emperor Kammu moves the capital to [[Heian-kyō]] (Kyōto)
* 804: The Buddhist monk [[Saichō]] (Dengyo Daishi) introduces the Tendai school
* 806: The monk [[Kūkai]] (Kōbō-Daishi) introduces the [[Shingon]] (Tantric) school
* 819: [[Kūkai]] founds the monastery of [[Mount Kōya]], in the northeast portion of modern-day [[Wakayama Prefecture]]
* 858: [[Emperor Seiwa]] begins the rule of the [[Fujiwara clan]]<ref>Ponsonby-Fane 1962 pp. 203–204; also known as ''Fujiwara jidai''.</ref>
* 895: [[Sugawara no Michizane]] halted the [[imperial embassies to China]]
* 990: [[Sei Shōnagon]] writes the ''[[Pillow Book]]'' essays
* 1000–1008: [[Murasaki Shikibu]] writes [[The Tale of Genji]] novel
* 1050: Rise of the military class (samurai){{citation needed|date=December 2015}}
* 1052: The [[Byōdō-in|Byōdō-in temple]] (near Kyōto) is built by [[Fujiwara no Yorimichi]]<ref>''Britannica Kokusai Dai-Hyakkajiten''.</ref>
* 1068: [[Emperor Go-Sanjō]] overthrows the [[Fujiwara clan]]
* 1087: [[Emperor Shirakawa]] abdicates and becomes a Buddhist monk, the first of the "cloistered emperors" (insei)
* 1156: [[Taira no Kiyomori]] defeats the [[Minamoto clan]] and seizes power, thereby ending the "insei" era<ref>Ponsonby-Fane 1962 p. 204.</ref>
* 1180 (June): The capital is moved to [[Fukuhara-kyō]] ([[Kobe]])
* 1180 (November): The capital is moved back to Heian-kyō (Kyōto)
* 1185: Taira is defeated ([[Genpei War]]) and [[Minamoto no Yoritomo]] with the support (backing) of the Hōjō clan seizes power, becoming the first ''[[shōgun]]'' of Japan, while the emperor (or "mikado") becomes a figurehead