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 ...

The Heian period is considered the peak of the Japanese ... was a format compatible with Japanese writing conventions. The scenes developed in movie-like fashion, unrolling the narrative for the ...

Just like the terno, the kimono has never stopped evolving through centuries, starting with the Heian period ... fashion by turning to craftsmanship and providing work for traditional Japanese ...

The Jidai Matsuri on October 22 pays homage to Kyoto's 1,200-year history, from the Meiji through the Heian periods, with 2,000 people parading in period costumes. The festival shows the Kyotoites ...

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.

Kyokusui-no-Utage: Poetry with Classic Heian Elegance 1,000 years ago, aristocrats would compose short Waka poems seated by a babbling brook at the imperial palace, sipping sake and admiring the ...