Portrait of Toyotomi Hideyoshi

This is a commemorative portrait of the Momoyama period warlord Toyotomi Hideyoshi, painted two years after his death. Wearing a crown and white robe, he sits on a raised mat. Hideyoshi, who was revered as a god after his death, is shown here in the style in which deities were traditionally represented. The poem praising Hideyoshi was written above the figure by a Zen priest of Tofuku-ji temple.