Word: heian
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...exibit consists of three rooms containing hanging scrolls from different periods of Japanese history; of these, Heian, Kamakura, Muromachi and Tokugawa are the best represented. This allows the viewer to compare scroll work from various periods in a relaxed, informal setting...
...sutras, a handscroll of the Heian period dated 1126 stands out from the rest. The text is written in the antiquated, clerical style of script in gold upon a rich, indigo background, accompanied by a finely detailed sketch of a Boddhisattva, also in gold. Most of the other sutras are hanging scrolls of the same period in the same style but without illustrations...
...time of The Genji, Japanese prose works of the Heian period (794-1185) derived from the legends of Japan, China and India, and from realistic poems describing past heroes and wars. The streams were united in Lady Murasaki's work...