Moonlight filters through shoji screens into the shogun's grand palace in Heian-kyō, where cherry lanterns sway amid silk banners embroidered with Fujiwara crests. The feast hall thrums with noble revelry: courtiers in twelve-layered jūnihitoe kimonos recline on tatami mats, sake cups clinking as koto strings weave haunting melodies. Incense cur...Read more