Category Archives: gentlemen
An Ideal Heian Gentleman, Part II
The Heian world had strict codes of behavior everyone kept to, and this was true of romantic entanglements as well. The result of this was that there was no sitting around each day by the door waiting for the messenger’s … Continue reading
An Ideal Heian Gentlemen, Part I
It is sometimes said that “sensitive men” are fashionable in these days in Western society. However, we Westerners are far behind the times, as ridiculously sensitive men were all the rage 1,000 years ago in Heian – era Japan. Men … Continue reading
Filed under gentle weeping, gentlemen, Michinaga
