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The '''Heian Period''' was the time when [[Japan]]'s capital was at Heian where Kyoto is today. Japan was ruled by the [[Heian Court]] during this time.
The '''Heian period''' was is a period in [[Japan]]ese history running from 794 to 1185. It is named after the capital Heiankyo, today's Kyoto. Japan was ruled by the [[Heian Court]] during this time. While the Emperors remained the ''de jure'' ruler of Japan throughout the period, they lost power to court nobility, especially the Fujiwara clan. The Fujiwara leaders became hereditary Regents for the Emperors.
Court authority declined whith the rise of the provincial warrior nobility of the Taira and Minamoto clans. The end of the Heian period was the establishment of the [[Shogun]]ate by [[Minamoto no Yoritomo]] and the shift of power from the Imperial seat Heiankyo to the Shogun's seat at [[Kamakura]] near today's Tokyo, the beginning of the [[Kamakura period]].
The Heian period was an era of peace and prosperity for central and western Japan. Court culture flourished, poetry was highly regarded and one of the world's first novels, the ''Genji monogatari'', was written in the early eleventh century by Murasaki Shinbun, a noblewoman probably belonging to the Fujiwara.
[[Category:Japanese History]]
[[Category:Japanese History]]