Getting Hitched in Heian Kyoto: Investigating Marriage in Classical Japan

Marriage in Heian era (794-1192) Japan differed greatly from modern forms and makes an excellent subject for the comparative study of gender relations. Prof. Piggot explores the subject, basing her talk on a wide range of sources of the day, and in particular the Shinsarugakuki, a humorous account of carnival and family ties by the scholar, Fujiwara Akihira (?-1066).
Joan Piggott is Gordon L. MacDonald Professor of History and Director of the Project for Pre-modern Japan Studies at the University of Southern California.

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