During the Heian period, an imperial court based in the capital of Heian-kyō (modern Kyoto) wielded the highest political authority in the land. The city’s name means “Capital of Peace and Tranquility ...

KYOTO—Researchers here said they uncovered the apparent remains of the Dairi imperial residence of the Heiankyu palace, the locale for Heian Period ... Kyoto was the capital and called Heiankyo.

The corresponding period, the Heian Era, began in 794 with the ... RyÅ men Sukuna himself. Kyoto was the Japanese capital until 1868, a time of immense change as the country ceased to be closed ...

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 ...

This illustration is based on a picture scroll of the Imperial Audience Hall at the Heian palace ... Kyo sits close to another former capital of Japan, Kyoto, which is around an hour north ...

Experts tend the recreated period garden, and poets yearning for a bygone era strive to render the spirit of their Heian forebears. A court dancer provides a dance accompaniment. Discover the ...

The design offers a modern riff on the Heian era of Kyoto, a richly fertile creative period from the late 8th century to the early 12th century when countless traditional arts flourished in the former ...