The key figure in its creation was Sakanoue no Tamuramaro, a samurai general and later shogun during the Heian period of ...

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 ...

DAZAIFU, Fukuoka Prefecture--Braving wintery cold weather, people dressed in exquisite period costumes recited poems at the Dazaifu Tenmangu shrine here ... in the Heian Period (794-1185).

NARA--Some of the finest swords of Japan’s feudal age are ... The winter exhibition at the shrine’s museum showcases 30 blades forged between the Heian Period (794-1185) and the Edo Period ...