Aioi-no-yashiro, a small shrine on the grounds of Shimogamo Jinja Shrine in Kyoto, is known to have ... As a custom, the ema goes back to the Nara Period (710-794). It spread from Shinto shrines ...

The ancient capital of Heijokyo was apparently hit by a smallpox outbreak in the Nara Period (710-784). Residents thought the disease was brought by “oni” demons and tried to fight the ...

Professor Sakaehara was born in 1946 in Tokyo, but moved to Osaka shortly thereafter. In 1969 he graduated from Kyoto University 京都大学, and in 1974 he completed his course requirements for his Ph.D. In ...

Because relaying information to Kyoto took weeks, Dazaifu officials had to make their own decisions in ... Religion, like many other aspects of society, changed in important ways during the Heian ...