Echoes of Heian Kyo: Court Culture in the Floating World January 27, 2010

'Echoes of Heian Kyo: Court Culture in the Floating World' looks back to the glorious past of the ancient Japanese imperial capital of Kyoto, originally called Heian-kyo-, as it was envisioned by artists of the ukiyo-e school working many centuries later in the city of Edo (modern Tokyo).