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Minamoto no Nakakuni Visits Lady Kogō
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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 The Tale of the Heike in which Minamoto no Nakakuni is sent by the emperor to look for Lady Kogō.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit lineMinamoto no Nakakuni Visits Lady Kogō (源仲国訪小督局図), late 1600s. Kiyohara Yukinobu (Japanese, 1643–1682). Triptych of hanging scrolls; ink and color on silk; overall: 180 x 59.4 cm (70 7/8 x 23 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Harley C. Lee and Elizabeth K. Lee, 1992.77
