Murasaki Shikibu

Murasaki Shikibu

female, 1036 years old
Japanese women writer, Women of medieval Japan, Women writer, shikibu-shō, Fujiwara Takako, Fujiwara clan…heianperiod
Murasaki Shikibu was a Japanese novelist, poet, and a maid of honor of the imperial court during the Heian period. She was born about 978 in Kyoto,...
Shinran

Shinran

male, deceased (1262)
Religious leader, kyoto, shogun, Japanese Buddhist monk, kamakura period, heianperiod
Shinran(親鸞) (1173-1263) was a Japanese Buddhist monk, who was born in Hino (now a part of Fushimi, Kyoto) at the close of the Heian Period and live...
Ashikaga Takauji

Ashikaga Takauji

male, deceased (1358)
minamoto, Muromachi period, de facto, kamakura, shogunate, kyoto…heianperiod
was the founder and 1st shogun of the Ashikaga shogunate. His rule began in 1338, beginning the Muromachi period of Japan, and ended with his death...
Taira No Kiyomori

Taira No Kiyomori

male, deceased (1181)
minamoto, yoritomo, Samurai, kyoto, taira, tenno…heianperiod
Taira no Kiyomori was a general of the late Heian period of Japan. He established the first samurai-dominated administrative government in the...
Ono No Komachi

Ono No Komachi

female
825 in poetry, 900 in poetry, poet, waka, heianperiod, Japanese
Ono no Komachi (c. 825 - c. 900) was a famous Japanese waka poet, one of the "Rokkasen" - the Six best Waka poets of the early Heian period. She...
Abe No Seimei

Abe No Seimei

male, deceased (1005)
Abe-no-bashi, Astrologist, magic, heianperiod, Japanese, Japanese mythology
(921?-1005?) was an "onmyōji", a leading specialist of "onmyōdō" during the middle of the Heian Period in Japan. In addition to his prominence in...
Sugawara No Michizane

Sugawara No Michizane

male, deceased (903)
poet, Monjo Hakushi, Chinese poetry, Kuge of Classical Japan, politician, Japanese…heianperiod
Sugawara no Michizane, also known as Kan Shōjō (菅丞相), was a scholar, poet, and politician of the Heian Period of Japan. He is regarded as an excel...
Ki No Tsurayuki

Ki No Tsurayuki

male, deceased (945)
heianperiod, Thirty-six Poetry Immortals, 13th century, kyoto, waka, poet
was a Japanese author, poet and courtier of the Heian period. Tsurayuki was a son of Ki no Mochiyuki. He became a waka poet in the 890s. In 905,...
Minamoto No Yoshitsune

Minamoto No Yoshitsune

male, deceased (1189)
minamoto, kyoto, taira, heian, kamakura period, Minamoto clan…heianperiod
Minamoto no Yoshitsune (1159 - June 15,1189) was a general of the Minamoto clan of Japan in the late Heian and early Kamakura period. Yoshitsune...

Sei Shōnagon

female, 1044 years old
Japanese women writer, Women of medieval Japan, Women writer, makura no sōshi, Kiyohara Nagiko, Empress Teishi…heianperiod
Sei Shōnagon was a Japanese author and a court lady who served the Empress Consort Teishi around the year 1000, known as the author of "The Pillow B...