Long-ago days: what was it like to live in ancient Japan?

Appleseeds | January 1, 2006| | Copyright

Just as today, it all depended on when and where you lived, as well as your place in society. Let's imagine what life was like for two families in the year 800: a wealthy family in the new capital city of Heian (now Kyoto) and a peasant family in the countryside.

In both the city and the country, the family was the center of life. Children lived, worked, and grew up under the watchful eyes of their elders.

Living together in the wealthy family were parents and children, grandparents, aunts and uncles, and cousins. In the peasant home were parents, children, ...

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