It was a time of architecture. People in the imperial court would focus on the arts. They would focus on philosophy. As an example, this right over here is the Byōdoin Temple in Kyoto, which shows the level, and this is actually only part of it, and it shows the level of cultural advancement of this time. As I mentioned, the arts were a big deal, and women in the imperial court of Heian China had a lot of influence. In fact, the most influential family, the Fujiwara family, maintained its influence by having the emperors marry women from their family, and those women would end up having a lot of control over the emperor and, of course, the next emperor. But to get a sense of the arts of this period, here's an excerpt from The Tale of Genji, which was written by Lady Murasaki, who was believed to be a member of the Fujiwara family.