Onmyoji Cards ([Variety])

Onmyoji were like magicians who were active in the mid-Heian period and are said to have had knowledge of all kinds of incidents before they happened. The 400-year-long Heian period was a glamorous time when aristocratic culture flourished, but it is also said to have been a dark age in which people defeated in the political wars of the Nara period became vengeful spirits and attacked, and demons and "mononoke" (monosha) were active in the shadows. Heian-kyo was a defensive city built to protect against these vengeful spirits and demons. And it was the onmyoji who were responsible for its defense.