Heian-kyō, the Heian Period capital of Japan that has become the present-day city of Kyoto
The boundaries of Heian-kyō were smaller than those of modern Kyoto with Ichijo-oji (一条大路) at the Northern limit corresponding to present-day Ichijo-dori, (:ja:一条通) between Imadegawa-dori (:ja:九条通) and Marutamachi-dori (:ja:丸太町通), Kyujo-oji in the South corresponding to Kyujo-dori (:ja:九条通) slightly to the South of the present-day JR Kyoto Station and Higashi-kyogoku-oji in the East corresponding to present-day Teramachi Street (Teramachi-dori).
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With the advent of the Kanto centred Kamakura and Edo Shogunate, Heian-kyō began to lose its significance as a seat of power.
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Princess Shikishi 式子内親王 (died 1201), late Heian and early Kamakura period poet, never-married daughter of Emperor Go-Shirakawa; entered service at the Kamo Shrine in Kyoto in 1159, later left the shrine, in later years a Buddhist nun; has 49 poems in the Shin Kokin Shū anthology
Following the transfer of the capital from Asuka to Heijō-kyō (now Nara city), the buildings of Asuka-dera were also removed from the original site in Asuka to Nara in 718 CE, and developed into a huge temple under the name of Gangō-ji.
The man dies but leaves a mysterious dying message: "Tanabata kyo.
His dissertation, a translation of and commentary on the Izumi Shikibu diary, was published in 1969 in the Harvard-Yenching Monograph series as The Izumi Shikibu Diary: A Romance of the Heian Court and remains the authoritative English version.
Three late tenth century and early eleventh century women presented their views of life and romance at the Heian court in Kagerō Nikki ("The Gossamer Years") by "the mother of Michitsuna", Makura no Sōshi (The Pillow Book) by Sei Shōnagon, and Genji Monogatari (Tale of Genji) by Murasaki Shikibu (herself a Fujiwara).
He was the son of Fujiwara Mimbu-no-kyo Tokinaga who in turn was grandson of Fujiwara no Uona (771 - 778) founding father of the Northern Fujiwara.
Han said she hadn't dreamed of becoming a serious actress, but changed her mind after starring in All In, where she played the teenage counterpart of the drama's main character, played by popular actress Song Hye-kyo.
A local stream called the Kyo Burn flows through the grounds, which lower down its course is known as Beamish Burn and later the River Team before it flows into the River Tyne.
The area of present-day Hiezu appears in a Heian-period dictionary compilaed in 934, the Wamyō Ruijushō, as part of the village of Mino in Aimi District.
Itsuki was next to Gokanosho, where the Heike people came to settle after their defeat in the Genji-Heike War in the Heian period and later the Kamakura shogunate sent their Genji samurai families to watch over them, thus creating the rich Genji families and poorer Heike families.
In October, Jo paired up with actress Song Hye-kyo to film his first television series in seven years, titled That Winter, The Wind Blows.
Their lyrics were in the style of Heian era poetry, their costumes frequently incorporated traditional Japanese clothing styles, and traditional Japanese instruments and drum rhythms were used in some of their songs.
At the time, the Upper and Lower Kamo Shrines owned large amounts of property around the Kamo River, northeast of the Heian capital (Kyoto), holding great power and pretige among the aristocracy.
Fujiwara no Kanesuke (藤原 兼輔, 877-933), a Japanese middle Heian waka poet
Kyo-hwa-so No. 4 is a large reeducation camp in the south eastern part of Kangdong-gun.
But late in production, his name was changed to Kyo Kusanagi in order to relate him with the Yamata no Orochi legend, which was used as the idea to the first arc.
The original work for Kyō no Go no Ni is illustrated and written by Koharu Sakuraba.
In addition, a special drama CD with a vocal reenactment of the first chapter was included in the June 2008 issue of Shōjo Comic and featured Rina Satō as Tsubaki and Takashi Kondō as Kyouta.
In Japan, the bird is called hototogisu (ホトトギス) and is frequently praised for its song, and ranked as her favorite bird by Sei Shonagon in her account of court life in Heian Japan, The Pillow Book.
It expressed that sensitivity to beauty which was the hallmark of the Heian era.
Sakanoue no Korenori (坂上 是則 dates unknown,) was an early Heian waka poet.
:*PAX VOBISCUM -Negawaku wa Heian Najira to Tomo ni- by Hikaru Midorikawa (Migeira)
It chronicles tributary relations between Queen Himiko of Wa (Japan) and the Wei court, and records that in 239 CE, Emperor Cao Rui sent presents to Himiko, including "one hundred bronze mirrors" (tr. Tsunoda 1951:15).
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Kurotsuka kofun tomb excavated in Nara Prefecture contained 33 sankakuen-shinjūkyō bronze mirrors.
The first holds that it derived from the opening passage of the work by the Chinese writer, Lu Yu, entitled Chá Ching (Cha-kyo in Japanese, The Classic of Tea or Tea Classic in English), in which he writes "Tea is a good tree in the south".
Fujiwara no Teika, a Japanese scholar of the late Heian and early Kamakura periods
He was named Kyo Kusanagi in order to relate him with the Yamata no Orochi legend.
The writer, Kyo Shirodaira, indicates that this method of deriving different truths from the same set of facts was inspired by Christianna Brand's storytelling techniques.
Minamoto no Tomonaga (1144-1160), a Minamoto clan samurai of the late Heian period
Mention of the pass is made frequently in Heian-period waka poetry, with references to the narrow road and the sound of Japanese Bush Warblers in the area.
Contrasts have been drawn between this and other classic works of East Asian garden design, such as Sakuteiki (of the Japanese Heian period) which concentrates on water and rocks, and numerous Japanese works of the Edo period (Tzukiyama teizoden, Sagaryuniwa kohohiden no koto, Tsukiyama sunsuiden), to suggest a fundamental difference in approach between Chinese and Japanese garden design - namely, emphasis on architectural and natural features, respectively.
Kemari, a form of football that was popular in Japan during the Heian Period