Dressed in the traditional costume of the Heian Period ... worshippers visited the shrine. The women between 18 and 29 belonging to the Kinki branch of the All Japan Karuta Association paired ...

KYOTO--A ceremonial event to mark the New Year featured women in gorgeous Heian ... the shrine. The 12 card players aged between 9 and 29 belong to the Kinki branch of the All Japan Karuta ...

was a distinguished scholar and statesman of the Heian period (794–1185), known for his deep love of plum blossoms. As a result, nearly every Tenjin shrine across Japan—numbering around 12,000 ...

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 Meiji Shrine is a Shinto (Japan's original religion) shrine dedicated to Emperor Meiji and Empress Shoken. Japanese history credits Meiji for modernizing Japan by incorporating Western ...

Over 800 years ago, Kamakura flourished as Japan’s shogunal capital ... guardian deity from nearby Yuigahama, relocating its shrine alongside his residence to legitimize Minamoto rule.