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Portrait Traditionally Identified as Nawa Nagatoshi

伝名和長年像
Portrait Traditionally Identified as Nawa Nagatoshi (伝名和長年像)
PLATE IImage: Tokyo National Museum, via ColBase — CC BY 4.0
At a glance — Painting · Muromachi period, 16th century · held by Tokyo National Museum · designated Important Cultural Property of Japan · Hasegawa Tohaku.

Fact Sheet

Designation
Important Cultural Property (重要文化財)
Category
Paintings
Date
1501–1600
Creator
Hasegawa Tohaku (長谷川等伯、等伯、長谷川信春)
Location
Ueno, Tokyo
Catalogue ID
cobas-47471

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Horses are rarely depicted in portraits, making this fierce warhorse one of special significance to its rider. Though long identified as the military general Nawa Nagatoshi of the Nanbokuchō period (1333–1392), recent research suggests that the figure may instead represent Saitō Yoshiharu (1500–1572), a renowned equestrian.

— Museum description: Tokyo National Museum (CC BY 4.0), via ColBase / Japan Search.

Record & Sources

Cite this page: “Portrait Traditionally Identified as Nawa Nagatoshi(伝名和長年像).” Treasures of Japan, catalogue no. cobas-47471. Tokyo National Museum. https://treasures.yamato-kenkou.com/treasures/portrait-traditionally-identified-as-nawa-nagatoshi/ — entry last verified 1 November 2026.
Full record data (as published in the official catalogue record)
  • Genre: Painting
  • Material: Color on silk
  • Category: Paintings, sketches, and prints:Japan:Early modern paintings
  • Cultural property designation: Important Cultural Property
  • 員数: 1幅
  • 分類: 絵画
  • 品質形状: 絹本着色
  • 種別: 絵画:日本:近世絵画
  • 法量: 82.4×39.0

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