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Contents 1 Period time 2 Move to Heian period 2.1 Support 2.2 Oppose 2.3 Discussion 2.4 Hiragana 2.5 Shinran and Jodo Shinshu 2.6 Project Assessment

[edit] Period time

Didn't this period last until 1192 instead of 1185? The Genpai war didn't immediately end this period..

several sources confirm this: http://www.wsu.edu/~dee/ANCJAPAN/HEIAN.HTM http://www.bookmice.net/darkchilde/japan/jh3.html http://gallery.sjsu.edu/heian/heian.html

Chris 17:15, 21 January 2007

[edit] Move to Heian period

Hm, as much as I love the Heian period, I think the "period" part is written small in English. Anyone feel free to object obviously, but this is not a full name per se, it describes the era of Heian. Gryffindor 22:45, 5 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Support

[edit] Oppose

[edit] Discussion

When was the second large eruption from Mt. fujiyama? What destroy did it do?

Please don't say Mt. Fujiyama, it's both redundant and incorrect. Say either Mt. Fuji or Fuji-san, or just Fuji even. It's not that I'm keen on pointing out mistakes, it's just that I live here, that I hike, and that I can see Fuji every clear day from the office, and Fujiyama grates like fingernails on a blackboard. Cheers Vincent 06:50, 3 Sep 2004 (UTC)

This article should include basic information such as: "Heian-jidai". The period from 794 to 1185 in Japanese history. The movement of the capital from Nara to Kyoto (then known as Heiankyo) in 794 marks its beginning just as the establishment of the shogunate government of Minamoto Yoritomo in Kamakura marks its end. This period of Japanese history was relatively peaceful and saw the flowering of art and culture. While many elements of life at the Imperial court were refined to the point of bizarre abstraction, the study of Chinese literature and the creation of Japanese literature flourished.

Inevitably associated with this time are Lady Murasaki Shikibu's "Genji Monogatari" or "The Tale of Genji" and Sei Shonagon's "Makura no Sôshi."

[edit] Hiragana

"hiragana (平仮名), a cursive form of katakana" is stated in the 'Fujiwara Regency' section It does not indicate in either the Hiragana or katakana article that hiragana is merely a cursive form of katakana and according to japanese writing systems they are seperate scripts which evolved indidually from man'yōgana. Are the other articles incorrect/incomplete or is this a mis-statement in this article? Stardust8212 21:20, 25 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Shinran and Jodo Shinshu

Although Shinran was born near the end of the Heian period, he is considered one of the founders of the new Kamakura period Buddhism. Jodo Shinshu is not Heian Buddhism.

[edit] Project Assessment

For length, detail, and overall balance, I think this easily deserves a B-class rating. But it remains my firm belief that these types of articles, on such an incredibly broad and important topic can always be expanded. LordAmeth 06:03, 31 December 2006 (UTC)