"Imperial Visit to the Great Horse Race at the Kaya-no-in Mansion" (Kaya-no-in komakurabe gyōkō emaki

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Imperial Visit to the Great Horse Race at the Kaya-no-in Mansion' (Kaya-no-in komakurabe gyōkō emaki), from the Tale of Flowering Fortunes (Eiga monogatari), Kamakura period (1185–1333), 13th–14th century, Japan, Handscroll segment mounted as a hanging scroll; ink and color on paper, 12 7/8 x 17 13/16 in. ( x cm), Paintings, A few days in the autumn of 1024 are the setting for this episode from the quasi-historical chronicle of the life of Fujiwara Michinaga (966–1027), the great Heian-court politician and patron of the arts

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