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An Ivory Model of Tokiwa Gozen and Her Three Sons**
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An Ivory Model of Tokiwa Gozen and Her Three Sons**

MEIJI PERIOD (LATE 19TH CENTURY), SIGNED NOBUMASA

Closed18 September 2008

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An Ivory Model of Tokiwa Gozen and Her Three Sons**
Meiji period (late 19th century), signed Nobumasa
Carved as Tokiwa Gozen and her three sons, the youngest at her breast, fleeing from Taira Kiyomori, the robes of the figures carved as if blown by the wind, eyes stained black; with wood and ivory stand
5½in. (13.9cm.) high (without stand)

Specialist note

Tokiwa Gozen (1138-?) was the mother of Minamoto no Yoshitsune (1159-1189) shown here as a baby in his mother's arms. After the death of the boy's father, Minamoto no Yoshitomo (1123-1180), during the Heiji rebellion, Tokiwa Gozen was forced to flee from Taira no Kiyomori (1118-1181) to protect the life of her three sons.