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Sculpture Traditionally Identified as Minamoto no Yoritomo 

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There are currently no plans to exhibit this artwork at the TNM Collection Exhibitions.

This stately figure is traditionally identified as Minamoto no Yoritomo, the first shogun of the Kamakura period (1192–1333). He wears a heavily starched [kariginu] (hunting robe), the semi-formal uniform of the samurai. His distinctive way of sitting, with the soles of the feet facing up, was how the noblemen of the imperial court posed for their portraits.

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Important Cultural Property
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Period/Century
Kamakura period, 13th–14th century
Country/Origin
Excavation site
Material
Wood with pigment and inlaid crystal eyes
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Collection reference no.
C-1526
Genre
Sculpture
Category
Sculpture > Portrait sculptures
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