Thirteen participants re-enacted “Kyokusui no En,” a millennium-old court ceremony ... poet and politician in the Heian Period (794-1185). This year’s event marked the 60th since the ...

Thirteen-year-old Masahiro has just undergone his adulthood ceremony, two years later than most boys do, and he's ready to make his mark on the Heian court, if not, eventually, all of Japan.

It also honored a tradition dating back some 1,000 years — sake makes a cameo in Japan’s famous 11th century novel, “The Tale ...

Historians believe that this drink is 1000-year-old as it made a cameo in Japan’s famous 11th century novel The Tale of Genji as the drink of choice in the refined Heian court. Japanese Ambassador to ...

It also honored a tradition dating back some 1,000 years — sake makes a cameo in Japan’s famous 11th century novel, “The Tale ...

A rebellious Korean artist tests the limits of his sadistic patron, an omnipotent feudal Japanese lord. Yoshihide demands a commission to paint screens of the Hell which he sees the egotistical lord's ...

Japan's famous rice wine, sake, has been inducted into UNESCO's list of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity, marking a ...

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 ...

It also honored a tradition dating back some 1,000 years — sake makes a cameo in Japan’s famous 11th century novel, “The Tale of Genji,” as the drink of choice in the refined Heian court.