Heian period

2 cards. Each one is a 40-second story with a five-minute read behind it.

1. The linguistic ghost haunting modern Japanese writingFor centuries, the Japanese written word existed in a state of diglossia, a split between a living spoken tongue and a frozen literary standard. Even as the spoken language evolve…
2. The Abe clan: From frontier lords to masters of the ShogunateThe Abe clan was one of Japan's oldest major lineages, rising to power by governing the wild northern frontiers. While they were once accused of rebellion for withholding taxes fr…

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