Heian
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Japan, Heian period, early 10th century CE, Juichimen Kannon (eleven-headed Kannon), solid woodblock construction with traces of polychrome, Worcester Art Museum, MA.
In the Heian period (784-1185) an esoteric sect, the Shingon Buddhists, began to flourish; their prolonged rituals required large numbers of images embodying a ramified pantheon of spiritual powers, each with distinct, ...
("hinese influence dominated and continued during the Nara and Early *Heian periods (7th 9th cs) but during the *Fujiwara age Chinese-style painting (kara-e) was joined by the still derivative but more colourful Japanese style (yaniato-e) and the ...
Union City, California: Heian International, 1983.
Yanagi, Soetsu. The Unknown Craftsman: A Japanese Insight into Beauty. Tokyo, New York: Kodansha International, 1989.
De Waal, Edmund.
In the Heian period of Japanese history Sumurai warriors would use origami in Japanese ceremonies; they'd exchange gifts with noshi on them - noshi being good luck tokens made from folded pieces of paper.
Kamakura - A period in Japanese art history from 1185-1333. It was preceded by the Heian period (794-1185) and followed by the Muromachi/Ashikaga period (1392-1573).
 See also: Movement, Japanese art, Classic, Painting, Expression
  
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