Do you all know this portrait?
As anyone who took a history class decades ago like me knows, Mr. Takauji Ashikaga, the first shogun of the Muromachi Shogunate It is a portrait that I was aware of.
The person riding on a black horse is a child like a samurai, but he has an image that he is strong because he is a shogun.
That portrait was Kono Moronao! ??
The decision that this portrait was Takauji was established in 1919 when the historian Katsumi Kuroita introduced him in his treatise. However, in 1968, a paleographer, Sanshichihiko Hagino, published a treatise stating that this was not Takauji, which made the world rush.
As a basis for that ...
1. The Huaya written in the portrait was of the second generation, Yoshiakira, and it was unthinkable for his son to write a Huaya on his father's painting, according to common sense at the time.
2. The family crest written on the sword and harness written on it is said to be a ring crest, and it is said that it is not the family crest of the Ashikaga family but the one of Takashi *.
3. The person in this portrait is not in an armored helmet, but in a modern style, with a broken arrow on his back and a sword without a sword. The composition is clearly strange for the portrait of Shogun General.
For three reasons, he is not Mr. Takauji Ashikaga.
This is the whole picture of the portrait, but the part surrounded by the stars is Huaya, which is not Takauji's, but his son's Yoshiakira Huaya.
So who is this portrait?
The butler's Kono Moronao because the family crest may belong to Mr. Taka. Or his son's Sou no Moroakira It is believed that it was written. And this portrait was written to show Mr. Taka's loyalty to the shogun, and it is believed that the shogun Yoshiakira wrote it at the top of the portrait to confirm his loyalty.
This portrait appeared in history textbooks until around 2000, and since the above theory emerged, it was no longer mentioned as a portrait of Mr. Takauji, and Mounted Warrior It seems that it is described as.
Discovery of a portrait that seems to be Mr. Takauji Ashikaga! !!
A newspaper around 2017 stated that a copy of a portrait written shortly after Takauji's death was discovered. This historical discovery can be said to be [ Ashikaga Takauji's portrait ] Is written as a person sitting in full dress.
Above, there were dozens of lines of personal profile text. Representing Takauji [ Chojuji Temple ], And it is stated that temples and towers were built in 66 states in Japan, which is known as Takauji's achievements, so it seems that he was judged to be Takauji.
Furthermore, it is said that the second generation Yoshiakira dedicated to Higashiiwazoji Temple in Kyoto, [ Wooden Ashikaga Takauji sitting statue ], And because the characteristics of the large nose and the sagging eyes of the portrait discovered this time are very similar, it is the view that there is no doubt that it is a portrait of Mr. Takauji.
I tried to make it up. Speaking of being similar, it's similar, but ...
History often changes in a different direction from what we have learned as research progresses.
In a history book I bought just recently, a new portrait of Mr. Takauji Ashikaga was written.
It is not confirmed how it is written in the current history textbook, but if there are active students, what would the portrait of Mr. Ashikaga Takauji look like? I would be happy if you could.