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Japan: Supposed Portrait of Minamoto no Yoritomo (1147 - 1199), hanging scroll; color on silk,Jingo-ji Temple, Kyoto. Possibly a copy of the 1179 original attributed to Fujiwara Takanobu (1142 - 1205)

Japan: Supposed Portrait of Minamoto no Yoritomo (1147 - 1199), hanging scroll; color on silk,Jingo-ji Temple, Kyoto. Possibly a copy of the 1179 original attributed to Fujiwara Takanobu (1142 - 1205)

Minamoto no Yoritomo (May 9, 1147 – February 9, 1199) was the founder and the first shogun of the Kamakura Shogunate of Japan. He ruled from 1192 until 1199.

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