Periods range in length from decades to centuries. The Heian (pronounced “Hey ahn”) period, from 794 to 1185 C.E., is one such period. During the Heian period, an imperial court based in the capital ...
Japan's iconic rice wine, sake, has been added to UNESCO's Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity list. Historians believe that this drink is 1000-year-old as it made a cameo in Japan’s famous 11th ...
978–1014). A fictional master of his artful age, Prince Genji writes exquisitely learned poetry, romances such tragic beauties as Yûgao (Evening Face), croons with acquaintances about singing warblers ...