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Minamoto no Nakakuni Visits Lady Kogō
Kiyohara Yukinobulate 1600s
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
An aristocrat rides up a path to a residence where a woman plays a koto, a stringed instrument. The central composition is flanked on the right by a day-lit spring scene, and on the left by a nocturnal autumnal scene. The triptych presents an episode from <em>The Tale of the Heike</em> in which Minamoto no Nakakuni is sent by the emperor to look for Lady Kogō.
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- Title: Minamoto no Nakakuni Visits Lady Kogō
- Creator: Kiyohara Yukinobu (Japanese, 1643-1682)
- Date Created: late 1600s
- Physical Dimensions: Overall: 180 x 59.4 cm (70 7/8 x 23 3/8 in.)
- Type: Painting
- Rights: CC0
- External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1992.77
- Medium: Triptych of hanging scrolls; ink and color on silk
- Original Title: 源仲国訪小督局図
- Inscriptions: 款記「清原氏女雪信筆」/「清原女」朱文八角印
- Fun Fact: <em>The Tale of the Heike</em> chronicles the conflict between the Taira (Heike) and Minamoto (Genji) families in the late 12th century.
- Department: Japanese Art
- Culture: Japan, Edo period (1615-1868)
- Credit Line: Bequest of Harley C. Lee and Elizabeth K. Lee
- Collection: ASIAN - Hanging scroll
- Accession Number: 1992.77
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