平安時代(へいあんじだい)

へいあんじだい
noun
Heian period (794–1185)
time-periodhistory
1. Heian period (794–1185)
The period when the capital was at Heian-kyō, present-day Kyoto, from 794 until the Kamakura shogunate took power in 1185. Court aristocrats, above all the Fujiwara family, held power, and kana writing and court literature flourished.
平安時代(へいあんじだい)の貴族(きぞく)。
Aristocrats of the Heian period.
「源氏物語(げんじものがたり)」は平安時代(へいあんじだい)に書(か)かれた。
The Tale of Genji was written in the Heian period.
平安時代(へいあんじだい)にはひらがなが広(ひろ)まり、女性(じょせい)による文学(ぶんがく)が栄(さか)えた。
In the Heian period hiragana spread, and literature by women flourished.

Named after 平安京(へいあんきょう), the capital founded in 794 on the site of present-day Kyoto.

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Cultural note

In school history the period stands for refined court culture: 紫式部(むらさきしきぶ)'s 源氏物語(げんじものがたり), 清少納言(せいしょうなごん)'s 枕草子(まくらのそうし), the growth of kana, and the rule of the Fujiwara regents. It ends with the war between the Taira and Minamoto clans.

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