Tag: Northern Fujiwara

A Rough Start

Season 7, Episode 1: A Rough Start
A carving believed to portray Minamoto Yoritomo, the winner of the Gempei War who created the Kamakura Bakufu. Source: Myshkin., CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
A three-screen painting of Yoritomo’s procession into Heian-kyo shortly after the end of the Gempei War. Artist: Utagawa Sadahide. Public Domain
Minamoto Yoritomo’s signature, which would have appeared at the bottom of official Shogunate edicts, orders, and correspondence. Public Domain.