Akutagawa Ryunosuke's Repertoire in the Short Story "Rashomon" by Aulia Rahman, Fakhria Nesa

“…The results showed (1) There are similarities between social, historical, and cultural similarities between literature and reality, (2) Social norms indicate the life of the Japanese lower class in the Heian period called Genin, (3) Historical norms show the dark conditions that Japanese people went through in the Heian era, because of the many problems that occurred at that time, and (4) Cultural Norms show the efforts made by Japanese people in the Heian period to survive despite hurting others.…”
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The Саnon and the Commentary. Exegesis in Japanese Classical Poetry by Elena M. Dyakonova

“…Already in the early medieval time (Heian era 9–12 cc.), there appeared first comments on the classical texts of antiquity, for example, the comments to Manyōsyū (Collection of Ten Thousand Leaves, 8 c.), the first poetic anthology of Japan. …”
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The Court Tradition of Japan in Konjaku Monogatarishū by N. N. Trubnikova, M. S. Kolyada

“…Among the literary works of the Heian era (late 8th – 12th centuries), Tales of Times Now Past (Konjaku Monogatarishū, 1120s) is notable for covering a much broader range of characters than kagami historical texts, monogatari tales, early gunki-monogatari, and even other compilations of setsuwa didactic tales. …”
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Tales of India in Buddha Age in Konjaku Monogatarishū by Trubnikova N. N.

“…Buddhism, to a large extent, remained an Indian teaching even in Chinese translations; thanks to it, the Japanese got a fragmented acquaintance with the Indian literature, sculpture and painting, music, and non-Buddhist philosophical teachings. In the late Heian era, although there still were no direct contacts between the Indian and Japanese Buddhists, and the ties of the Japanese Buddhists with the Chinese community were weakening, the information available to the Japanese about India, the homeland of the Buddha, was brought together, and a circle of legends, especially important for the Japanese monks and laity, was constructed. …”
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An Aspect of the History of Medicine in Ancient Korea as Examined through Silla Buddhist Monks’Annotations on the “Chapter on Eliminating Disease” in the Sutra of Golden Light... by Chaekun OH, Jongwook JEON, Dongwon SHIN

“…Along with those by other monks, these annotations are collected in the Mysterious Pivot of the Sutra of Golden Light, which was compiled by Gangyō(835-871 AD), a Japanese monk from the Heian era (平安, 794-1185 AD). Representative versions of the “Chapter on Eliminating Disease” in the Sutra of Golden Light include: a classical Chinese translation by the Indian monk Dharmakṣema (385-433 AD); the eight-volume edition by Chinese monk Baogui, which differs little from the preceding work in terms of the contents of the “Chapter on Eliminating Disease”; and the ten-volume edition by Yijing (635-713 AD), who had full-fledged knowledge of Indian medicine. …”
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