Heian

Discover Kōzōji Amida Hall in Kakuda, Miyagi Prefecture — an Important Cultural Property built in 1177 by the wife of Fujiwara Hidehira. As the oldest wooden building in Miyagi and one of only three surviving Heian-period structures in Tōhoku, this thatched-roof Buddhist hall offers a rare glimpse into the spiritual world of the Northern Fujiwara clan.

Transcribed in 1073 CE by the Heian-period court scholar Ōe no Iekuni, Volume 10 of the Shiji (Records of the Grand Historian) at Tohoku University Library is the world's oldest dated manuscript of Sima Qian's monumental Chinese history. Designated a National Treasure, it preserves invaluable kunten reading marks that illuminate the history of the Japanese language and classical scholarship.

Discover Ruiju Kokushi Volume 25, a National Treasure housed at Tohoku University in Sendai. Compiled by Sugawara no Michizane in 892, this rare Heian-period manuscript preserves Japan's ancient imperial history.