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Standing samurai in official garb (hitatare), grey with a pattern of black
grey with a pattern of black triangles (mitsu sankaku). Black headgear (kamuri). The
The facial features are somewhat caricatured and the figure probably represents a kabuki actor.
The pattern on the robe is a family emblem of the Hōjō clan. This is a branch of the
highly famous Taira clan. The emblem depicts three scales of a dragon. Hōjō Tokimasa
(1138-1215) prayed to a dragon on Enoshima for prosperity for himself and his descendants.
The dragon promised to fulfil this and left three scales behind. Wood, carved and
covered with lime (jap. gofun), then painted in colour. The figure is mounted on a
on a narrow wooden board.
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Reliquary guardian figure
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Female ancestral figure
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Female sculpture
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