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A wooden figure representing Kukai, aka Kobo Daishi (774-835 CE), a scholar, poet and monk who founded Shingon Buddhism in Japan. (Guimet Museum, Paris)

The main shrine of the Kitano-tenmangu shrine at Kyoto, Japan. The shrine is dedicated to Sugawara no Michizane, aka Tenjin (845-903 CE). Michizane was a scholar, poet and high-level administrator in the Japanese court during the Heian Period...

A painted wood figure representing Sugawara no Michizane, aka Tenjin (845-903 CE). Michizane was a scholar, poet and high-level administrator in the Japanese court during the Heian Period. He was later deified as the god of scholarship and...

A representation of Sugawara no Michizane, aka Tenjin, (845-903 CE) on painted silk. Michizane was a scholar, poet and high-level administrator in the Japanese court during the Heian Period. He was later deified as the god of scholarship...

The Phoenix Hall of Byodo-in, Uji, founded in 1052 CE by Fujiwara no Yorimichi during the Heian Period. A Buddhist temple site dedicated to Amida. South of Kyoto, Japan.

A model of Kyoto (Heiankyo), made capital of Japan by Emperor Kammu in 794 CE during the Heian Period. In the foreground is the imperial palace.

Cosmetics jar, c. 1479-1425 BCE, Found in Thebes, Egypt. Pharaoh exhibit - Cleveland Museum of Art

Cedar cosmetic box, with ebony and ivory veneer and silver mounting, of the Cupbearer Kemeni, Middle Kingdom of Egypt, 12th Dynasty, reign of Amenemhat IV, c. 1814-1805 BCE. Metropolitan Vanities: The History of the Dressing Table...

A model of Shionjiyama kofun in Yao, Osaka, Japan. 3rd-7th century CE.

Shionjiyama kofun in Yao, Osaka, Japan. 3rd-7th century CE.