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 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 ...

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 ...