YOKOHAMA--Academics here are busy translating Japan's oldest medical records dating from the Heian Period (794-1185 ... collection were commissioned by Emperor Kanmu (737-806) to provide a ...

The first answer is simple: hereditary rule. For most of this period, emperors were not chosen on the basis of their ability or honesty, but simply because they were born in the right family.

the researchers unearthed what may have been two foundation stones placed side by side in the mid-Heian Period to support a north-south corridor connecting Tokaden and Kokiden. Emperor Ichijo’s ...

According to Britannica, "The title was first used during the Heian period, when it was occasionally ... to a former kampaku ...

The art takes us back in time to Japan's Heian era, and Sukuna is in top form so far as jujutsu society is concerned. With ...

The corresponding period, the Heian Era, began in 794 with the establishment ... Japan became EdÅ and continued until 1868, when the emperor moved his residence to the city and the Meiji ...

The Qing Dynasty emperors did not take their meals in just one place. Often they ate where they lived, worked, or played. Banquets, feasts and dinners were given in Taihe Hall (the Hall of Supreme ...

For example, he was recorded as choosing the dates for Emperor Kazan to ascend the throne and for Shōshi, the daughter of Fujiwara no Michinaga, to become the official consort of Emperor Ichijō.

That's true of all aristocratic societies, but possibly the aristocracy of the Heian period went further than ... ceremonies of the Japanese emperor. And it's this particular ability of Japanese ...

a practice that the aristocracy of the Heian period (794–1185) heartily adopted as part of their celebrations. By the Edo period (1603–1868), the cosmological aspects of chōyō and focus on ...

One question that often comes up: If you’ve had sex during your period, can you get pregnant? The menstrual cycle is the monthly process by which the body prepares for the possibility of pregnancy.

The first answer is simple: hereditary rule. For most of this period, emperors were not chosen on the basis of their ability or honesty, but simply because they were born in the right family.