Using rice water on hair dates back to Japan's Heian period (794 to 1185), when court ladies were said to have combed their ...

Teachers are encouraged to read “Heian Japan: An Introductory Essay,” by historian Ethan ... The ink or water-soluble colors were applied with animal-hair brushes. There was no way to correct a ...

To use “A Case Study of Heian Japan Through Art,” you will need to print the scroll selections for analysis by students. Links to these prints are provided in the Heian Japan Online Image List. You ...