Japanese Print "Minamoto Yoritomo Hunting on Susa Moor at the base of Mount Fuji" by Utagawa Kunisada
Artist:Utagawa Kunisada
Title:Minamoto Yoritomo Hunting on Susa Moor at the base of Mount Fuji
Date:mid- to late 1810s
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Source:Worcester Art Museum
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Minamoto Yoritomo (1147-99) destroyed the Taira clan and was granted the title Shogun, becoming the supreme commander of the sixty-six provinces of Japan. Once his military government had been established in Kamakura, Yoritomo invited feudal lords and their retinues (about 10,000 guests) to a hunting party in May 1193. Yoritomo's pavilion at the foot of Mt. Fuji, near Hakone, overlooked fenced-in hunting fields and was surrounded by banners displaying the Minamoto-clan bamboo-gentian crest as well as the crests of warrior-clans (Hojo, Sasaki, Kajiwara) loyal to Yoritomo. On the third day
