The sword was pulled from the attic decades ago, but a recent ceremonial cleaning revealed it was a priceless heirloom from the 12th century.

Over the course of the Heian period, society moved from an interest in foreign things to native ones, from elite Buddhism to religion for the common people, and from rule exclusively by those at court ...

From the Heian Period into the Kamakura period (1185 ... part was proof that a person was recognized as a full-fledged samurai. According to the Azuma kagami, the official chronicle of the ...

The two-part “Pride of the Aristocracy, Soul of the Samurai” event runs through March 31. Some of the highlights include ornamental swords produced between the mid- and late Heian Period ...

In the Soma region of Fukushima Prefecture they celebrate summer with a festival said to date back to the Heian Period (794–1185 ... and competitors dressed as samurai fought to retrieve ...

The blades dating from the Heian Period (794-1185) through modern times belonged to a physician whose deep knowledge of Japanese sword culture profoundly impressed experts. Until two years ago ...

"ZEN-NYO-RYU-OU" is a female deity who rules over the sky. This ART is inspired by Samurai from the Heian period swinging the first Japanese sword, the Kogarasumaru. The Digital Ambassador Project ...

The samurai warrior has come to symbolize Japan’s medieval period of social and political unrest that lasted from the late twelfth to late sixteenth centuries. Working with artistic renderings of the ...