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Heian period

Index Heian period

The is the last division of classical Japanese history, running from 794 to 1185. [1]

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Anime

Anime is a style of hand-drawn and computer animation originating in, and commonly associated with, Japan.

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Aoi Matsuri

The, or "Hollyhock Festival," is one of the three main annual festivals held in Kyoto, Japan, the other two being the Festival of the Ages (Jidai Matsuri) and the Gion Festival.

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Ariwara no Narihira

was a Japanese courtier and waka poet of the early Heian period.

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Buddhism

Buddhism is the world's fourth-largest religion with over 520 million followers, or over 7% of the global population, known as Buddhists.

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Bushido

is a Japanese collective term for the many codes of honour and ideals that dictated the samurai way of life, loosely analogous to the concept of chivalry in Europe.

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Byōdō-in

is a Buddhist temple in the city of Uji in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan, built in late Heian period.

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Cerridwen Fallingstar

Cerridwen Fallingstar (born Cheri Lesh, November 15, 1952), is an American Wiccan Priestess, Shamanic Witch, and author.

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Chang'an

Chang'an was an ancient capital of more than ten dynasties in Chinese history, today known as Xi'an.

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China

China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a unitary one-party sovereign state in East Asia and the world's most populous country, with a population of around /1e9 round 3 billion.

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Chinese culture

Chinese culture is one of the world's oldest cultures, originating thousands of years ago.

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Chinese language

Chinese is a group of related, but in many cases mutually unintelligible, language varieties, forming a branch of the Sino-Tibetan language family.

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Cloistered rule

The cloistered rule system, or (meaning "monastery administration"), was a specific form of government in Japan during the Heian period.

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Conscription

Conscription, sometimes called the draft, is the compulsory enlistment of people in a national service, most often a military service.

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Cosmology of Kyoto

Cosmology of Kyoto is a visual novel adventure game developed by Softedge and published by Yano Electric.

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Daimyō

The were powerful Japanese feudal lords who, until their decline in the early Meiji period, ruled most of Japan from their vast, hereditary land holdings.

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Dōkyō

was a Japanese monk of the Hossō sect of Buddhism; and he was a political figure in the Nara period.

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Emishi

The constituted an ethnic group of people who lived in northeastern Honshū in the Tōhoku region which was referred to as in contemporary sources.

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Emperor Antoku

Emperor Antoku (安徳天皇 Antoku-tennō) (December 22, 1178 – April 25, 1185) was the 81st emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession.

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Emperor Daigo

was the 60th emperor of Japan,Imperial Household Agency (Kunaichō): according to the traditional order of succession.

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Emperor Go-Sanjō

was the 71st emperor of Japan,Imperial Household Agency (Kunaichō): according to the traditional order of succession.

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Emperor Go-Toba

(August 6, 1180 – March 28, 1239) was the 82nd emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession.

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Emperor Kanmu

was the 50th emperor of Japan,Imperial Household Agency (Kunaichō):; retrieved 2013-8-22.

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Emperor of Japan

The Emperor of Japan is the head of the Imperial Family and the head of state of Japan.

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Emperor Seiwa

was the 56th emperor of Japan,Imperial Household Agency (Kunaichō): according to the traditional order of succession.

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Emperor Shirakawa

was the 72nd emperor of Japan,Imperial Household Agency (Kunaichō): according to the traditional order of succession.

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Emperor Takakura

Emperor Takakura (高倉天皇 Takakura-tennō) (September 20, 1161 – January 30, 1181) was the 80th emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession.

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Encyclopædia Britannica

The Encyclopædia Britannica (Latin for "British Encyclopaedia"), published by Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., is a general knowledge English-language encyclopaedia.

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Estate (land)

Historically, an estate comprises the houses, outbuildings, supporting farmland, and woods that surround the gardens and grounds of a very large property, such as a country house or mansion.

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Fujiwara clan

, descending from the Nakatomi clan and through them Ame-no-Koyane-no-Mikoto, was a powerful family of regents in Japan.

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Fujiwara no Michinaga

was a Japanese statesman.

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Fujiwara no Sumitomo

was a Japanese Heian era court noble and warrior.

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Fujiwara no Teika

, better-known as Fujiwara no Teika"Sadaie" and "Teika" are both possible readings of 定家; "...there is the further problem, the rendition of the name in romanized form.

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Fujiwara no Yorimichi

(992–1074), son of Michinaga, was a Japanese Court noble.

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Fujiwara no Yorinaga

, of the Fujiwara clan, held the position of Imperial Palace Minister of the Right.

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Fukuhara-kyō

Fukuhara-kyō (福原京, Capital of Fukuhara) was the seat of Japan's Imperial Court, and therefore the capital of the country, for roughly six months in 1180.

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Genpei War

The (1180–1185) was a conflict between the Taira and Minamoto clans during the late-Heian period of Japan.

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Go (game)

Go is an abstract strategy board game for two players, in which the aim is to surround more territory than the opponent.

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Goatee

A goatee is a style of facial hair incorporating hair on a man's chin but not his cheeks.

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Hōgen rebellion

The was a short civil war fought in order to resolve a dispute about Japanese Imperial succession.

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Heian-kyō

Heian-kyō was one of several former names for the city now known as Kyoto.

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Heiji rebellion

The Kitagawa, Hiroshi et al. (1975).

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Hikaru no Go

is a Japanese manga series based on the board game Go, written by Yumi Hotta and illustrated by Takeshi Obata.

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Hikimayu

was the practice of removing the natural eyebrows and painting smudge-like eyebrows on the forehead in pre-modern Japan.

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Hinamatsuri

, also called Doll's Day or Girls' Day, is a special day in Japan.

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Hiragana

is a Japanese syllabary, one component of the Japanese writing system, along with katakana, kanji, and in some cases rōmaji (Latin script).

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History of Japan

The first human habitation in the Japanese archipelago has been traced to prehistoric times.

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Hitachi Province

was an old province of Japan in the area of Ibaraki Prefecture.

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Honshu

Honshu is the largest and most populous island of Japan, located south of Hokkaido across the Tsugaru Strait, north of Shikoku across the Inland Sea, and northeast of Kyushu across the Kanmon Straits.

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Imperial House of Japan

The, also referred to as the Imperial Family and the Yamato Dynasty, comprises those members of the extended family of the reigning Emperor of Japan who undertake official and public duties.

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Iroha

The is a Japanese poem, probably written in the Heian era (794–1179).

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Izumi Shikibu

was a mid Heian period Japanese poet.

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Japanese art

Japanese art covers a wide range of art styles and media, including ancient pottery, sculpture, ink painting and calligraphy on silk and paper, ukiyo-e paintings and woodblock prints, ceramics, origami, and more recently manga—modern Japanese cartooning and comics—along with a myriad of other types.

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Japanese castes under the ritsuryō

and were the two main castes of the classical Japan caste system.

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Japanese language

is an East Asian language spoken by about 128 million people, primarily in Japan, where it is the national language.

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Japanese literature

Early works of Japanese literature were heavily influenced by cultural contact with China and Chinese literature, often written in Classical Chinese.

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Japanese missions to Imperial China

The Japanese missions to Imperial China were diplomatic embassies which were intermittently sent to the Chinese court.

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Japanese missions to Tang China

Japanese missions to Tang China (遣唐使, Kentōshi) represent Japanese efforts to learn from the Chinese culture and civilization in the 7th, 8th and 9th centuries.

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Japanese poetry

Japanese poetry is poetry of or typical of Japan, or written, spoken, or chanted in the Japanese language, which includes Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese, and Modern Japanese, and some poetry in Japan which was written in the Chinese language or ryūka from the Okinawa Islands: it is possible to make a more accurate distinction between Japanese poetry written in Japan or by Japanese people in other languages versus that written in the Japanese language by speaking of Japanese-language poetry.

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Jōmon period

The is the time in Japanese prehistory, traditionally dated between 14,000–300 BCE, recently refined to about 1000 BCE, during which Japan was inhabited by a hunter-gatherer culture, which reached a considerable degree of sedentism and cultural complexity.

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Jūnihitoe

The is an extremely elegant and highly complex kimono that was only worn by court-ladies in Japan.

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Kagerō Nikki

is a work of classical Japanese literature, written around 974, that falls under the genre of nikki bungaku, or diary literature.

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Kamakura period

The is a period of Japanese history that marks the governance by the Kamakura shogunate, officially established in 1192 in Kamakura by the first shōgun, Minamoto no Yoritomo.

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Kamakura shogunate

The Kamakura shogunate (Japanese: 鎌倉幕府, Kamakura bakufu) was a Japanese feudal military governmentNussbaum, Louis-Frédéric.

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Kana

are syllabic Japanese scripts, a part of the Japanese writing system contrasted with the logographic Chinese characters known in Japan as kanji (漢字).

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Kanbun

, a method of annotating Classical Chinese so that it can be read in Japanese, was used from the Heian period to the mid-20th century.

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Katakana

is a Japanese syllabary, one component of the Japanese writing system along with hiragana, kanji, and in some cases the Latin script (known as rōmaji).

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Kūkai

Kūkai (空海), also known posthumously as, 774–835, was a Japanese Buddhist monk, civil servant, scholar, poet, and artist who founded the Shingon or "True Word" school of Buddhism.

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Kimigayo

is the national anthem of Japan.

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Kimono

The is a traditional Japanese garment.

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Kobe

is the sixth-largest city in Japan and the capital city of Hyōgo Prefecture.

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Kuge

The was a Japanese aristocratic class that dominated the Japanese imperial court in Kyoto.

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Kyoto

, officially, is the capital city of Kyoto Prefecture, located in the Kansai region of Japan.

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List of Hikaru no Go characters

The plot of Hikaru no Go revolves around the Japanese Go world.

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Literacy

Literacy is traditionally meant as the ability to read and write.

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Lotus Sutra

The Lotus Sūtra (Sanskrit: सद्धर्मपुण्डरीक सूत्र, literally "Sūtra on the White Lotus of the Sublime Dharma") is one of the most popular and influential Mahayana sutras, and the basis on which the Tiantai, Tendai, Cheontae, and Nichiren schools of Buddhism were established.

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Mahayana

Mahāyāna (Sanskrit for "Great Vehicle") is one of two (or three, if Vajrayana is counted separately) main existing branches of Buddhism and a term for classification of Buddhist philosophies and practice.

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Mandala

A mandala (Sanskrit: मण्डल, maṇḍala; literally "circle") is a spiritual and ritual symbol in Hinduism and Buddhism, representing the universe.

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Manga

are comics created in Japan or by creators in the Japanese language, conforming to a style developed in Japan in the late 19th century.

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Meiwa, Mie

is a town located in Mie Prefecture, Japan.

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Michitsuna no Haha

Michitsuna no Haha (c.935-995) was a Heian period writer in Japan.

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Minamoto clan

was one of the surnames bestowed by the Emperors of Japan upon members of the imperial family who were excluded from the line of succession and demoted into the ranks of the nobility.

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Minamoto no Yoritomo

was the founder and the first shōgun of the Kamakura Shogunate of Japan.

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Monogatari

is a literary form in traditional Japanese literature, an extended prose narrative tale comparable to the epic.

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Mount Hiei

is a mountain to the northeast of Kyoto, lying on the border between the Kyoto and Shiga Prefectures, Japan.

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Mount Kōya

In everyday language is the name of a huge temple settlement in Wakayama Prefecture to the south of Osaka.

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Moustache

A moustache (mustache) is facial hair grown on the upper lip.

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Murasaki Shikibu

was a Japanese novelist, poet and lady-in-waiting at the Imperial court during the Heian period.

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Nagaoka-kyō

was the capital of Japan from 784 to 794.

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Nara period

The of the history of Japan covers the years from AD 710 to 794.

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Nara, Nara

is the capital city of Nara Prefecture located in the Kansai region of Japan.

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Novel

A novel is a relatively long work of narrative fiction, normally in prose, which is typically published as a book.

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Ohaguro

is a custom of dyeing one's teeth black.

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Ono no Komachi

was a Japanese waka poet, one of the Rokkasen — the six best waka poets of the early Heian period.

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Richard Ponsonby-Fane

Richard Arthur Brabazon Ponsonby-Fane (8 January 1878 – 10 December 1937) was a British academic, author, and Japanologist.

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Ritsuryō

is the historical law system based on the philosophies of Confucianism and Chinese Legalism in Japan.

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Roger Ebert

Roger Joseph Ebert (June 18, 1942 – April 4, 2013) was an American film critic, historian, journalist, screenwriter, and author.

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Saiō Matsuri

The Saiō Matsuri (斎王まつり) is a 2-day festival held on the first weekend of June in the town of Meiwa, Mie Prefecture in Japan.

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Saichō

was a Japanese Buddhist monk credited with founding the Tendai school of Buddhism based on the Chinese Tiantai school he was exposed to during his trip to Tang China beginning in 804.

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Saigyō

was a famous Japanese poet of the late Heian and early Kamakura period.

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Sakanoue no Tamuramaro

was a general and shōgun of the early Heian period of Japan.

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Samurai

were the military nobility and officer caste of medieval and early-modern Japan.

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Sei Shōnagon

, (c. 966–1017/1025) was a Japanese author, poet and a court lady who served the Empress Teishi (Sadako) around the year 1000 during the middle Heian period.

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Sesshō and Kampaku

In Japan, was a title given to a regent who was named to act on behalf of either a child emperor before his coming of age, or an empress regnant.

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Shōen

A was a field or manor in Japan.

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Shōgun

The was the military dictator of Japan during the period from 1185 to 1868 (with exceptions).

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Shingon Buddhism

is one of the major schools of Buddhism in Japan and one of the few surviving Vajrayana lineages in East Asia, originally spread from India to China through traveling monks such as Vajrabodhi and Amoghavajra.

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Soga clan

The was one of the most powerful clans of the Asuka period of the early Japanese state—the Yamato polity—and played a major role in the spread of Buddhism.

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Sugawara no Michizane

, also known as or, was a scholar, poet, and politician of the Heian Period of Japan.

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Sutra

A sutra (Sanskrit: IAST: sūtra; Pali: sutta) is a religious discourse (teaching) in text form originating from the spiritual traditions of India, particularly Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism.

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Taihō Code

The was an administrative reorganization enacted in 703 in Japan, at the end of the Asuka period.

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Taika Reform

The were a set of doctrines established by Emperor Kōtoku (孝徳天皇 Kōtoku-ennō) in the year 645.

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Taira clan

was a major Japanese clan of samurai.

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Taira no Kiyomori

was a military leader of the late Heian period of Japan.

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Taira no Masakado

was a samurai in the Heian period of Japan, who led one of the largest insurgent forces in the period against the central government of Kyoto.

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Taira no Tokuko

, later known as, was the daughter of the Chancellor Taira no Kiyomori, and empress-consort of Emperor Takakura.

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Tang dynasty

The Tang dynasty or the Tang Empire was an imperial dynasty of China preceded by the Sui dynasty and followed by the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period.

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Taoism

Taoism, also known as Daoism, is a religious or philosophical tradition of Chinese origin which emphasizes living in harmony with the Tao (also romanized as ''Dao'').

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Tendai

is a Mahayana Buddhist school established in Japan in the year 806 by a monk named Saicho also known as.

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The Pillow Book

is a book of observations and musings recorded by Sei Shōnagon during her time as court lady to Empress Consort Teishi (定子) during the 990s and early 1000s in Heian Japan.

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The Tale of Genji

is a classic work of Japanese literature written by the noblewoman and lady-in-waiting Murasaki Shikibu in the early years of the 11th century.

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Total War: Shogun 2

Total War: Shogun 2 is a strategy video game developed by The Creative Assembly and published by Sega.

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Vajrayana

Vajrayāna, Mantrayāna, Tantrayāna, Tantric Buddhism and Esoteric Buddhism are the various Buddhist traditions of Tantra and "Secret Mantra", which developed in medieval India and spread to Tibet and East Asia.

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Vernacular literature

Vernacular literature is literature written in the vernacular—the speech of the "common people".

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Wakayama Prefecture

is a prefecture of Japan on the Kii Peninsula in the Kansai region on Honshū island.

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Yabusame

is a type of mounted archery in traditional Japanese archery.

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Yamato-e

is a style of Japanese painting inspired by Tang dynasty paintings and fully developed by the late Heian period.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heian_period

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