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 city’s name means “Capital of Peace and Tranquility,” and the Heian period is usually remembered as having been an age of art, literature, and culture. During these years, Japanese developed a ...

Japanese hairstylists Taka Tokuyama and Ayano Jinnouchi explain the hime haircut — newly seen on Miley Cyrus and Lady Gaga — ...

Understanding and accepting life's innate uncertainty helps one cope with an overwhelming feeling that may come with ...

"I think that people who are interested in aesthetics, and art, and taste, look back to the Heian period as one of the great cultures, not only in Japanese history but in the history of man." ...

The “Vocabulario da Lingoa de Iapam,” a Japanese-Portuguese dictionary compiled in 1603, contains the first known reference to yamori. Literature from the Heian Period (794-1185) refers to ...

Ikigai is a unique Japanese terminology that originated during the Heian period, in the year 794. The word can be split into two parts: “iki” which means life and existence, and “gai ...

The blades dating from the Heian Period (794-1185) through modern times belonged to a physician whose deep knowledge of Japanese sword culture profoundly impressed experts. Until two years ago ...

Don’t you sometimes feel that travel can be so mundane? Have you ever considered adding a little bit of nobility to spice up ...

Cultures all around the world partake in the joy of syrup over shaved ice, and Hawaii is certainly no exception. Come explore ...

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.