This module focuses on Japan’s medieval period, including the Kamakura (1185-1333 ... from the Illustrated Scrolls of the Events of the Heiji Era (Heiji monogatori emaki) (detail) Japanese, Kamakura ...

Aiko Japanese Language House Advisor, Teaching Professor of Japanese Studies Office: Washington Hall 318 Phone: (757) 221-1069 Email: [[akitamura]] Sasaki, Tomoyuki Japanese Studies Program Director, ...

A performer demonstrates "noh," a traditional Japanese theatrical form. (Manan Vatsyayana/AFP/Getty Images) Among the world’s oldest theatrical forms that is still performed, Noh grew out of dance ...

Archaeological evidence shows that people have lived in the Japanese islands since prehistoric times ... had given a great deal of power to a Buddhist advisor named Dōkyō. Dōkyō had ambitions on the ...