Shinto By shawnagronbach 200 Sedentary farming villages gradually increase in size 300 practice of building monumental sepulchral mounds 360 High-fired gray pottery is introduced 450 turned into civil government 450 B.C 500 Founded in 500 B.C Dec 14, 710 Nara period 710 Dec 13, 715 715 B.C 1st written volumes of Shinto Stone Dec 13, 1868 1868-1947 State region Mar 2, 2022 Heian period 794 Mar 2, 2022 Kofun period 538