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tired emperor Go-Shirakawa. A painter Hôjô also included the most highly cul- hama) due to illness, and he died the fol-
with a considerable reputation, Takanobu tured people then in Kamakura. Portraits lowing year. It is not certain when he
is remembered as an expert in the art of of these four clan members have been became a priest, but it seems to have been
nise e (semblance picture), which often handed down at Shômyôji; the portrait of around the time when he retired to his
meant depiction in a small format of peo- Sanetoki, painted around 1275, and that of villa in Kanesawa.
ple in real life. The Takanobu attribution Sadamasa (cat. 3), painted around 1345, are The portrait of Sanetoki is of the type
of the Jingoji portraits, however, is not well included in this exhibition. These por- known as a hottaizd (clerical portrait).
accepted today. The portraits probably traits, divided by approximately seventy Sanetoki has a shaven head, wears a kesa
date from the first quarter of the thir- years, exemplify the changes in portrait (priest's mantle) over a hoi (priest's robe),
teenth century. YS painting of upper-class warriors that oc- holds a fan in his right hand and a rosary
curred during that time. in his left, and sits on a tatami mat. The
Hôjô Sanetoki was the grandson of sitter's countenance is beautifully cap-
2 Hôjô Sanetoki
Yoshitoki (1163-1224), the second regent of tured with fine flowing lines, while the
hanging scroll; ink and color on silk
74.0 x 53.7 (29 Vfc x 21 Vs) the Kamakura shogunate. Sanetoki served straight lines used for his robes display a
Kamakura period, c. 1275 in various important posts of the shogun- dynamic movement of the brush. Judging
ate and was assistant to Yasutoki (1183- from the lively expressiveness of the por-
Shômyôji, Kanagawa Prefecture 1242), the third regent, and Tokiyori trait, it was most likely painted in Sane-
National Treasure (1227-1263), the fifth regent. Erudite in toki's last years or not long after his death,
Confucianism, he was a strong cultural fig- perhaps for such an occasion as an anni-
Hôjô Sanetoki (1224-1276), Hôjô Kanetoki
ure in the Kamakura area. He not only versary of his death. AY
(1248-1301), Kanesawa Sadaaki (1278-1333), founded the Kanesawa Bunko (Kanesawa
and Kanesawa Sadamasa (1302-1333) were Library) and collected books, but also
members of the Hôjô clan, whose leaders founded Shômyôji. In 1275 he retired to
controlled the Kamakura shogunate. The
Kanesawa (present-day Kanazawa, Yoko-

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