Focus on Zuijin Teiki Emaki and discuss the Description.
The emakimono consists of a scroll of paper 28.7 cm (11.3 in) high by 237.5 cm (93.5 in) long, on which is painted a series of nine equestrian portraits of Imperial Guards stationed near the Daijō Tennō (retired emperor). The name of each guard is inscribed near his portrait, from right to left (Japanese reading direction): Hata Kanekiyo, Hata Kanetō, Nakatomi Suechika, Hata Hisanori, Hata Kanetoshi, Hata Kanmi, Hata Yorikata, Hata Hisayori and Hata Hirokata.The first three guards were active around 1152–1180 during the Heian, while the last six, painted in order of importance, were in office in 1247 during the Kamakura period, as revealed by the vertical inscription present before this group. This period difference is faithfully transcribed in the equipment and clothing of the guards. The first three guards are dressed in the traditional costume known as the suikan and wear the tate-eboshi, a high black hat. The remaining seven guards wear the kare-ginu, a costume less ample than the suikan, with pants that are kept tucked inside heavy boots below the knee, and each one also wears a quiver filled with arrows on his back.
Kamakura emakimono Kamakura period quiver Daijō Tennō equestrian portrait left Heian Imperial Guards