Shrine and temple construction in the Heian period

Timeline

1. 1013–1017Hiyoshi Shrine (foot of Mount Hiei) · ShigaFujiwara no Michinaga funded the rebuilding of Hiyoshi Shrine, adding shrine halls, corridors, and a pagoda on a grand scale; it was a symbolic project of the Fujiwara clan's tutelary deity worship and also resonated with the power of Enryakuji on Mount Hiei.
2. 1015–1020Hōshōji · KinkiMichinaga continuously expanded the Mikudō, kondō, and tahōtō at Hōshōji, the temple he founded, installing Buddhist statues, copying sutras, and holding rites, combining his family's merit with court prayer ceremonies; it became one of the most lavish private temples of the time.
3. 1011–1020Provinces of Japan · JapanBeyond the great temples and shrines near Kyoto, courtiers also built branch temples and shrines within provincial estates, supporting monks and shrine officials with estate income; temple-shrine power and the estate economy mutually reinforced each other, forming an important foundation for local domination in the late Heian period.