Category Archives: frivolity
Playing Concentration or Memory, Heian Style
A primary conceit of the current age is that everything today is somehow new or original, completely different from anything of the past. We’re in the “digital age”, and internet has changed everything. We live in democracies – everything is … Continue reading
Filed under frivolity, games, sedentariness, the past
An Ideal Heian Gift
What could be a better holiday present than a Kai-Awase clam shell game set with Heian poets and their particular poems hand painted on the inner shells? This evening, while feasting with friends and family or watching television, spare a … Continue reading
Looking Inward
Heian people were not interested in much outside of the mores of Heian society. There was little emphasis on intellectual curiosity or the study of foreign lands. Rather, one obsessed over, as we’ve seen, handwriting, poetry recitation skills, learning Chinese … Continue reading
Filed under dolls, frivolity, insularity
