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The 72 pages that link to Heian period, each with the reason it gives.

• JapanBroader topic: Its court culture became a lasting source of Japanese literature and aesthetics.

• Japanese literatureRelated: Court culture and vernacular writing flourished together during this period.

• The Tale of GenjiNarrower topic: The novel’s customs, institutions, and elite setting belong to this period.

• Nara periodBroader topic: The move to Heian-kyō in 794 marks the conventional end of the Nara period.

• KyotoNarrower topic: Kyoto’s early political and artistic identity took shape during this era.

• WakaNarrower topic: Waka flourished as a central art of Heian court life.

• Genpei WarNarrower topic: The war’s origins lie in the late Heian court’s dependence on powerful warrior families.

• SamuraiNarrower topic: Warrior families gained influence as the imperial court struggled to control distant provinces.

• Emperor of JapanBroader topic: Court emperors retained prestige while aristocratic families increasingly governed.

• Heian-kyōNarrower topic: The city’s founding marks the beginning of the era associated with its court culture.

• KanaRelated: Kana took shape and gained literary use during this period.

• BonsaiRelated: Japanese records and imagery from this era show early forms of potted miniature trees.

• Japanese calligraphyNarrower topic: Courtly writing practices and kana styles grew prominent during this era.

• Japanese gardenRelated: Courtly life in this period shaped influential garden settings and aesthetics.

• Mono no awareNarrower topic: Court literature from this era supplied many works later interpreted through mono no aware.

• Fujiwara clanNarrower topic: Fujiwara political dominance and court culture defined much of this era.

• Taira clanNarrower topic: The clan rose within the court politics and social order of this era.

• Taira no KiyomoriNarrower topic: Kiyomori’s career unfolded as Heian court politics gave way to military rule.

• Murasaki ShikibuNarrower topic: The court society in which Murasaki lived and composed her writing.

• Yamato-eNarrower topic: Yamato-e emerged within the courtly culture of this period.

• SinosphereBroader topic: Japanese court culture drew on Chinese writing and institutions while developing distinctive forms.

• The Pillow BookNarrower topic: The work reflects the court culture of this period.

• InseiNarrower topic: Insei developed within the late-Heian court and declined with its political order.

• Minamoto clanNarrower topic: The clan emerged as a political and military force during this era.

• Kansai regionRelated: Kyoto’s long imperial era shaped Kansai’s historical prominence.

• Enryaku-jiNarrower topic: The temple grew alongside the court-centered culture of this period.

• Heiji RebellionNarrower topic: The rebellion grew from late-Heian struggles among court factions and warrior houses.

• HiraganaRelated: Hiragana took shape and gained literary use in this courtly cultural setting.

• Japanese paintingBroader topic: Court culture fostered distinctive Japanese pictorial styles, including yamato-e.

• YūgenBroader topic: Courtly poetry and literary taste formed an early setting for ideas later associated with yūgen.

• Classical JapaneseRelated: Heian court culture fostered the literary tradition most closely associated with classical Japanese.

• Fujiwara regencyNarrower topic: The regency system reached its height within Heian court politics.

• Fushimi Inari-taishaNarrower topic: The shrine's early development unfolded as Kyoto became Japan's political center.

• Hōgen RebellionNarrower topic: The rebellion unfolded near the end of this era, as warrior clans entered court politics.

• Ki no TsurayukiNarrower topic: Tsurayuki’s career unfolded within the court culture that shaped his literary work.

• Byōdō-inNarrower topic: Byōdō-in’s founding and artistic style belong to the late Heian period.

• Sei ShōnagonNarrower topic: Its aristocratic society formed the world in which Shōnagon lived and wrote.

• Tawaraya SōtatsuNarrower topic: Sōtatsu repeatedly reworked literary and pictorial traditions rooted in this era.

• Emperor MurakamiNarrower topic: Murakami’s reign fell within this era of aristocratic court culture and Fujiwara ascendancy.

• Heian literatureNarrower topic: Its political and social world provides the historical setting for the literature.

• Japanese swordNarrower topic: Early curved swords developed as mounted warfare gained prominence in this era.

• KūkaiNarrower topic: Kūkai’s career unfolded as the new capital and its religious institutions took shape.

• MiyajimaNarrower topic: The shrine’s major expansion under Taira no Kiyomori belongs to this era.

• Itsukushima ShrineNarrower topic: The shrine’s best-known architectural development took place during this era.

• JōganNarrower topic: Jōgan belongs to the early Heian court’s era-name chronology.

• KaguraRelated: Court ritual music and dance took shape within the aristocratic culture of this era.

• Ryūnosuke AkutagawaNarrower topic: Many historical settings in Akutagawa’s fiction come from this era.

• SaigyōNarrower topic: Saigyō’s early life began within this aristocratic order and its literary traditions.

• The Tale of the Bamboo CutterNarrower topic: The tale is generally associated with the early Heian literary world.

• UgetsuCompared with: The film’s title evokes a literary ghost-story tradition far older than its civil-war setting.