Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic (2) When Lady Gaga and Miley Cyrus stepped out ... The hime haircut — pronounced hee-may — dates back to the Heian period (794-1185), when noblewomen would grow their ...

The two greatest works of literature in Japan's Heian Period (794-1185 ... It's a behind-the-scenes peek into the life of a Heian court lady-in-waiting, Shonagon. Like reality TV or modern ...

One day, Lady Myobu wanders onto the veranda when she is meant to ... In the Kamakura-Muromachi era (1186-1573), women writers of the Heian period came in for intense reprisals; they appear in the ...

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Genji sends gifts from the capital when his daughter with the Lady Akashi reaches 50 days ... rather than the 50 of the Heian period. But given the millennium that has passed since Murasaki ...

The stars are rocking a hime haircut, which dates back to ancient Japan When Lady Gaga and Miley Cyrus ... hee-may — dates ...