Women dressed in traditional attire from the Heian Period (794-1185) take part in the first “karuta” card-snatching game of the New Year at Kyoto’s Yasakajinja shrine on Jan. 3. (Yoshiaki Arai) ...

women including Murasaki Shikibu and Sei Shōnagon, created splendid literary works such as The Tale of Genji and The Pillow Book. Not everything was peaceful, however. Warriors also started to become ...

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.

During the Heian period (794-1185), for example ... and their roles were dependent on the place. During the Edo period, women who belonged to the samurai class were required to undertake martial ...

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 ...