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

One of them is the Heian Era, which lasted from 794 to ... Japan (it is also the last age of Classical Japan), especially when it comes to art and literature. It was also during this time that ...

The ceremony is held to commemorate Sugawara no Michizane (845-903), a scholar, poet and politician in the Heian Period (794-1185). This year’s event marked the 60th since the tradition was ...

Director Shimako Sato was determined to quash any preconceptions her latest film, “The Yin Yang Master Zero,” must be set in the Heian Period ... in ancient Japan known as “onmyoji.” ...