A Life of Line and Likeness Born in Kyoto in 1176, Fujiwara No Nobuzane moved through the 13th century as a man of many roles: a courtier, a poet, and an aristocrat. He was a figure deeply embedded in the refined atmosphere of the Kamakura period, carrying the weight of a family tradition that valued the precise capture of the human spirit. As the son of Fujiwara Takanobu, Nobuzane did not merely inherit a name; he inherited a specific…