The Heian period (平安時代, Heian jidai) is the last division of classical Japanese history, running from 794 to 1185. It followed the Nara period, beginning...

was established at Heian-kyō (modern Kyoto), marking the beginning of the Heian period, which lasted until 1185. The Heian period is considered a golden...

recommendation of his advisor Wake no Kiyomaro and marking the beginning of the Heian period of Japanese history. According to modern scholarship, the city is thought...

as a clan name. The Fujiwara dominated the Japanese politics of the Heian period (794–1185) through the monopoly of regent positions, Sesshō and Kampaku...

varies from period to period. From the Heian period to the Edo period, bushi were people who fought with weapons for a living. In the Heian period, on the...

most powerful kuge (court nobility) families in Japan's Nara and early Heian periods—the other three were the Minamoto, the Fujiwara, and the Taira....

Japanese sword has been called warabitetō [ja] (蕨手刀). In the middle of the Heian period (794–1185), samurai improved on the warabitetō to develop kenukigata-tachi [ja]...

period, and the subsequent disorder during the Nanboku-chō period, the power of the Abe family temporarily declined. At the end of the Heian period (the...

inclusions, just before the Nara period, the Nara period itself (710 to 794), the Heian period (794 to 1185), the Kamakura period (1185 to 1333), and so on,...

up heian in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. The Japanese word Heian (平安, lit. "peace") may refer to: Heian period, an era of Japanese history Heian-kyō...

of the Heian period, and it is not certain which theory is correct. It is generally believed that naginata first appeared in the Heian period (794–1185)...

were made using the gyosho technique during the early Heian period. Later in the Heian period, once Japan began to separate itself from China a Japanese...

Japanese era name (年号, nengō, "year name") after Tenchō and before Kashō. This period spanned the years from January 834 through July 848. The reigning emperors...

of traditional culture, encompassing colour palettes developed in the Heian period, silhouettes adopted from Tang dynasty clothing and cultural traditions...

had an influence through the spread of Buddhism in Japan. During the Heian period, Japan's original kokufū culture (lit. 'national culture') developed...

position. The title was originally held by military commanders during the Heian period in the eighth and ninth centuries. When Minamoto no Yoritomo gained political...

already been present on the benkan of Emperor Shōmu, and the benkan of the Heian period (794-1185) and later depicted a three-legged crow (yatagarasu) in it...

name (年号, nengō, lit. "year name") after Daiji and before Chōshō. This period spanned the years from 1131 through 1132. The reigning emperor was Sutoku-tennō...

aristocratic Heian period (794–1185 AD), the last classical period in which Japan was governed by an aristocratic court. Children during Heian were not recognized...

lit. 'dressing'). The history of the kimono can be tracked back to the Heian period (794–1185), when Japan's nobility embraced a distinctive style of clothing...

Shōtoku in the Suiko period in the sixth century, and by Emperor Shōmu in the Nara period in the eighth century. In the early Heian period, Buddhist art and...

were worn by the samurai class of feudal Japan. The tantō dates to the Heian period, when it was mainly used as a weapon but evolved in design over the years...

name (年号, nengō, lit. "year name") after Kantoku and before Tengi. This period spanned the years from April 1046 through January 1053. The reigning emperor...

The Azuchi–Momoyama period (安土桃山時代, Azuchi–Momoyama jidai) was the final phase of the Sengoku period (戦国時代, Sengoku jidai) in Japanese history from 1568...

little by little; however, during the Heian period these confusions were few and far between. Since the Nara period, /h/ began to be pronounced as [w] in...

chronicles. Some Japanese sources mention this explicitly. For example, the Heian Period Fusō ryakki (Abridged Annals of Japan), mentions a foreigner known in...

("lake-spring-boat excursion garden"), which was imported from China during the Heian period (794–1185). These were designed to be seen from small boats on the central...

era name (年号, nengō, lit. "year name") after Eiji and before Ten'yō. This period spanned the year from April 1142 through February 1144. The reigning emperor...

genre, which remained popular through the early Heian period. As most of the paintings in the Nara period are religious in nature, the vast majority are...

period. In 794 the capital of Japan was officially transferred to Heian-kyō (present-day Kyoto), where it remained until 1868. The term Heian period refers...