Editing Minamoto no Yoritomo (section)

==Appearance and personality==
According to ''[[The Tale of Heiji]],'' Yoritomo was "more adult-like than others of his age", and the figure of a young warrior Yoritomo appears in the picture scroll of ''The Tale of Heiji''. ''[[Genpei Jōsuiki]]'' describes Yoritomo saying "his face is large and appearance is beautiful." The imperial messenger Nakahara no Yasusada, who met Yoritomo in [[Kamakura]] in August 1183, said that "he is short and his face is large, his appearance is graceful and language is civilized."<ref>{{Cite book|last=Ichiko|first=Teiji|title=Nihon Koten Bungaku Zenshū|publisher=Shōgakkan|year=1975|volume=30|location=Japan|at=Heike Monogatari 2|oclc=703759550}}</ref>

[[Fujiwara no Kanezane|Kujō no Kanezane]] writes in his diary ''Tamaha'' that "Yoritomo's body is of rigorous power, and his fierce nature is accompanied with a clear distinction and firm resolution of the judgement of right and wrong."<ref>{{Cite journal|title=熊野歴史研究|journal=Kumano Rekishi Kenkyū: Kumano Rekishi Kenkyūkai Kiyō|publisher=Kumano Rekishi Kenkyūkai, Iwata Shoin|year=2008|location=Japan|pages=14|trans-title=Kumano Historical Research|issn=1340-542X|issue=15}}</ref> Yoritomo practiced ''[[shudō]]'' with Yoshinao{{Who|date=February 2022}}, a member of the Imperial Guard.<ref>Homosexuality & Civilization by Louis Crompton. Published by the Belknap Press of Harvard University in 2003. Page 420.</ref>

Historian Hideo Kuroda organized and examined the portraits and statues of Minamoto no Yoritomo and has concluded as follows. When comparing the statues of Minamoto no Yoritomo in Higashihirozo and [[Hōjō Tokiyori]] in [[Kenchō-ji]], from the facial expression to size, they are almost identical, and there is evidence that the ''[[kariginu]]'' was remodeled into a ''[[sokutai]]'', the formal dress of the shogun, by adding a ''hirao'' and ''sekitai.'' Kuroda argues that the statue was originally a statue of Hōjō Tokiyori sculpted in Kamakura in the 14th century, but after the original statue of Yoritomo was lost, an altered statue of Tokiyori was used as a replacement. On the other hand, he considers the inscription on the statue of Minamoto no Yoritomo in [[Kai Province]], [[Zenkō-ji]] to be the name of the repairer instead of the name of the sculptor, and that it was made at the request of [[Hōjō Masako]] in the first quarter of the 13th century. Thus, Kuroda concludes that this statue is the only accurate depiction of Minamoto no Yoritomo.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Kuroda|first=Hideo|title=源頼朝の真像|publisher=Kadokawa|year=2011|isbn=978-4-04-703490-7|location=Japan|trans-title=The True Image of Minamoto no Yoritomo}}</ref>