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Photorealistic depiction of a bustling street in Heian-kyo, Japan, with traditional wooden buildings, people in kimonos, and ox-drawn carriages under cherry blossoms.

Photorealistic depiction of a bustling street in Heian-kyo, Japan, with traditional wooden buildings, people in kimonos, and ox-drawn carriages under cherry blossoms.

A photorealistic depiction of daily life in Heian-kyล (present-day Kyoto) at the height of the Heian period around the 11th century CE. A wide avenue lined with wooden buildings and palace compounds, with tiled roofs, vermilion gates, and carefully arranged gardens. Aristocrats in flowing, layered silk robes walk beneath wooden verandas, while court attendants carry scrolls and ceremonial objects. Ox-drawn carriages move slowly along the street. Commoners and craftsmen work nearby, selling paper, ink, fans, and textiles. Women of the court are glimpsed behind screens or within carriages, dressed in elaborate multi-layered kimono. Cherry trees and manicured gardens add seasonal beauty, with distant hills framing the city. The atmosphere is elegant, restrained, and poetic, emphasizing courtly refinement, literature, and ritual, rendered in ultra-detailed, cinematic photorealism. See more