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Sketch Model for Portraits of Ashikaga Takauji

足利尊氏像の粉本

1615–1868

Japan, Edo period

(1615–1868)
Medium
Ink and color on paper
Measurements
Overall: 38.8 x 55 cm (15 1/4 x 21 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Henry S. Upson 1916.932
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Kegutsu, or fur shoes, like the ones worn by Takauji were often made of bear fur.
A vertically oriented ink and color painting on paper depicts Ashikaga Takauji, a man with light skin tone seated facing our right. He wears layered armor with green, red, and gold patterns and a helmet with hornlike protrusions. He holds a long polearm vertically in his right hand, a quiver of arrows on his back. Japanese calligraphy and faint script appear on our left. The aged, buff-colored paper is marked with visible stains.

Sketch Model for Portraits of Ashikaga Takauji

1615–1868

Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)

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