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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 ...

Sunao Katabuchi's new film revives Heian-era Kyoto with rich detail drawn from Sei Shōnagon’s "The Pillow Book." ...

Murasaki Shikibu, the author of The Tale of Genji, and the powerful statesman Fujiwara no Michinaga were contemporaries of the Heian period (794–1185). In fictional contexts, the two are often ...

At the height of the splendor of the Heian Period (794-1185), lady-in-waiting to the Imperial Court, Murasaki Shikibu, wrote "The Tale of Genji," the story of Imperial officer Hikaru Genji falling ...

Sei Shonagon, author of “The Pillow Book,” served as a court lady to Teishi ... even shows the transition leading up to the late Heian Period, not to mention the fact that (the ruins of ...

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 ...