Heian period
平安時代
Movement · period · 794–1185
Dates. It begins in 794 with Emperor Kanmu’s move of the capital to Heian-kyō (Kyoto)1. It ends with the rise of Minamoto no Yoritomo’s government at Kamakura: in 1185, when, after the Taira were defeated at Dan-no-ura, he won the right to appoint military governors (shugo) and land stewards (jitō) — the prevailing date, used by Mason2, Nabunken and the Kyoto and Nara museums; or in 1192, when he was appointed shōgun — the older date, still used by the Tokyo National Museum3. Mason 2005, pp. 40–41, 101, und Wikipedia, Heian period, “794: Emperor Kammu moves the capital to Heian-kyō”. ↩ Mason 2005, pp. 102–103. ↩ Wikipedia, Kamakura period, “In the past, the most popular theory was that the year was 1192 … Later, the prevailing theory was that the year was 1185”, und Nabunken 2022, pp. 29–31. ↩ Literatur Mason 2005: Penelope E. Mason, History of Japanese Art, 2nd, Pearson Education LTD. 2005. Nabunken 2022: Daniel Borengasser u. a., 付録：時代区分－西暦対応表, in: 英文スタイル・マニュアル：基礎編 / Style Manual for English Texts: General Conventions, 奈良文化財研究所 (Nara National Research Institute for Cultural Properties) 2022, S. 29–31. Wikipedia, Heian period: Anon., Heian period, in: Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heian_period (zuletzt abgerufen am 30.10.2026). Wikipedia, Kamakura period: Anon., Kamakura period, in: Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamakura_period (zuletzt abgerufen am 30.10.2026).