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 ...

A certain gentleman, Fujiwara no Kaneie by name, received a promotion. He was made vice-minister of war. What a nuisance! “The post was so distasteful,” his wife noted in her diary, “that he quite ...

The paper argues that the well-established distinction between “formal” / “public” (hare) and “informal” / “private” (ke) poetry in waka studies not only fails to describe adequately the styles it ...

DAZAIFU, Fukuoka Prefecture--An outstanding collection of Japanese swords that had been in private hands and never shown to the public before is now on display at the Kyushu National Museum in this ...

Uji in the south of Kyoto Prefecture has been an important cultural center for centuries. In the Heian period (794–1185) it was the site of rural villas belonging to nobles, and it also features in ...

A ceremony was held at JR Kyoto Station on Jan. 23 to launch a special train wrapped in designs inspired by public broadcaster NHK's new "Dear Radiance" TV series, and is sure to tempt any rider ...