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 ...

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 ...

109 x 41 cm. (42.9 x 16.1 in.) ...

This volume provides the most comprehensive treatment of the Heian period, the golden age of the Japanese imperial court, in any Western language. From 794 to 1185, the Japanese emperor ruled over an ...

The Teen Exorcist is translated by Minna Lin and lettered by Bianca Pistillo.

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 ...

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

To use “A Case Study of Heian Japan Through Art,” you will need to print the scroll selections for analysis by students. Links to these prints are provided in the Heian Japan Online Image List. You ...

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 ...