KYOTO—A graduate student at the Tokyo University of the Arts has been selected to play the heroine of this year’s Aoi ...

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 ...

The Heian period is considered the peak of the Japanese aesthetic ... Scrolls were used to depict stories of historical events, provide religious commentary, illustrate works of fiction and poetry, or ...

The Jidai Matsuri on October 22 pays homage to Kyoto's 1,200-year history, from the Meiji through the Heian periods, with 2,000 people parading in period costumes. The festival shows the Kyotoites ...

People in traditional costumes paraded through the streets near a shrine in the western Japanese city of Kyoto on Thursday for an annual cherry blossom festival.

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 ...