The Heian period is considered the peak of the Japanese aesthetic tradition. Art, poetry, and literature permeated court life. As Dr. Segal points out, during the Heian period the Japanese moved away ...

Masterpieces of Japanese art ... from the Kamakura Period; and “Byobu Dodai” (drafts for inscription on screens), a work of calligraphy by Ono no Tofu (894-966) of the Heian Period (794-1185).

In a world under the menace of a ghost, who will you end up falling for...? This is the Heian period. Our protagonist would rather be strong than feminine, and thus she's trated like a weirdo.

"I think that people who are interested in aesthetics, and art, and taste, look back to the Heian period as one of the great cultures, not only in Japanese history but in the history of man." ...